Afghan interpreter: 'Taliban don't wait to kill you' (video)

Hiding in Afghanistan, a former translator for the US military describes what life is like for those left behind. Wahdat worked as an interpreter for the US military in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2014, beginning the job when he was 17. Now unemployed, he lives in hiding in Kabul, fearful of the Taliban, who have threatened his life multiple times because he worked with American forces.

He applied for a special visa for Afghan citizens who had worked with the US government during its occupation of the country. According to law, Wahdat's application should have been processed within nine months, but nearly three years later, he's still waiting to find out his fate.

Fault Lines visited Wahdat in a room he rents at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. This is his story in his own words.

Working as a translator for the Americans was the right thing to do. I'm the only breadwinner for my family. The pay was not that good, but still I was running a family.