“Reprehensible” bureaucracy, sluggish reforms: a congress shows how shameful the handling of Afghan employees of the German troops is, even under the new federal government.
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Tomas Avenarius, Berlin
The man talks about his wife’s illness, his own ailing health, and his adult son who stayed at home. Bismillah Qasimi speaks his native language Dari, Afghan Persian. He still doesn’t speak German, he knows that there are more than just problems with his integration. The Afghan was responsible for the mosque in the camp at the Bundeswehr Camp Marmal in northern Afghanistan. The local staff who helped the Bundeswehr prayed there – as scouts, as translators, for all sorts of other work in the camp.