Time running out for the ADF's Afghan employees to get visas
Australia's decade-long program that provided asylum for Afghan employees who worked for the Australian Defence Force is ending. The Afghan Locally Engaged Employee - or LEE - Program, has helped 900 former workers settle in Australia since its inception.But as that scheme draws to a close, there are still many former interpreters stuck in Afghanistan - who say their lives are at risk since the Taliban seized Kabul in 2021. Now, they can do nothing but hide - as they accuse the Australian government of abandoning them.