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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,568 posts)
Fri Jul 7, 2023, 11:51 AM Jul 2023

Alexandria man killed in D.C. was former interpreter who fled the Taliban

I heard about this on WTOP.

Notes: Alexandria man killed in D.C. was former interpreter who fled the Taliban

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Details are emerging about the murder of Alexandria resident Nasrat Ahmad Yar, a 31-year-old Alexandria resident and father of four who was killed in D.C. on Monday.

Yar was killed early Monday morning while finishing a late shift on rideshare app Lyft. WUSA9 reported that Yar was an interpreter for U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan and escaped with his family after the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban in 2021.

Yar had been working twelve-hour shifts every day as the sole provider for his wife and four children, who age from 13 years to 16 months, WUSA9 reported. Yar was also sending money home to his family in Afghanistan.

Surveillance video of the scene shows four people running from the scene and captured an exchange between them, with one saying “You killed him,” and another responding, “He was reaching bro.”

A GoFundMe set up by the Heart of an Ace nonprofit has raised over $78,000 as of Friday morning.



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Alexandria man killed in D.C. was former interpreter who fled the Taliban (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP
Poor man survives the taliban choie Jul 2023 #1
DC and northern Virginia are pretty dangerous places. jimfields33 Jul 2023 #2
It's out of control and makes no sense IronLionZion Jul 2023 #3
We need a complete do over of every aspect of our country jimfields33 Jul 2023 #4
Maybe Canada. murielm99 Jul 2023 #5

IronLionZion

(46,864 posts)
3. It's out of control and makes no sense
Fri Jul 7, 2023, 02:41 PM
Jul 2023

I just fled across the river from DC to VA because of the ridiculous amount of violent crime.

On a related note, plenty of rideshare drivers don't want to go into DC. Lyft drivers kept declining my ride to Dupont circle, which isn't known for violence. The ones who do, tend to be desperate immigrants who need the money.

jimfields33

(18,433 posts)
4. We need a complete do over of every aspect of our country
Fri Jul 7, 2023, 03:25 PM
Jul 2023

It’s so hard to stop violence. I think if I were an immigrant, I’d have to pick somewhere besides the United States.

murielm99

(31,392 posts)
5. Maybe Canada.
Sat Jul 8, 2023, 05:41 AM
Jul 2023

My daughter married a Canadian citizen. They seem to be a lot kinder to immigrants there.

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