Female Afghan Army officer's terrifying ordeal fleeing the Taliban
223A female former Afghan soldier has described her and her family's terrifying ordeal fearing capture and torture as she fled the Taliban – and how she now faces an agonising wait to find out if she will ever secure a safe haven in the UK.
Rikhan, not her real name, said: "I was not worried about myself, whether they would kill or burn me.
" I was more worried about my two children as a mother. I was receiving threats as a woman and as a former soldier."
Rikhan believes she is one of the last female soldiers still hoping to be evacuated to safety under the UK Government's Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme, and it's the work she did with the British Army that she fears puts her in danger.
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