Afghan translator who saved US lives and helped fellow translators escape danger becomes an American citizen

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Janis Shinwari is celebrating his first Fourth of July as a US citizen. He served nine years as a translator for US forces and during that span, saved the lives of several US soldiers, including one who helped bring Shinwari and his family to the US.

His journey to the US started on the battlefield in his native Afghanistan. Shinwari, 42, served nine years as a translator for US forces, knowing he was risking his life and endangering his family.During that span, Shinwari saved the lives of several US soldiers, including one who helped bring Shinwari and his family to the US. "If I was in Afghanistan -- if I didn't come here, I wouldn't be alive now. I would be dead." Shinwari told CNN Heroes in 2018.

— USCIS June 30, 2020 During one particularly fierce battle in April 2008, Shinwari saved the life of Capt. Matt Zeller, an American soldier he had only met days earlier. Zeller's unit was on routine patrol near the village of Waghez in Ghazni province when the Taliban attacked. They lost a vehicle and found themselves outnumbered and outgunned.In 2018, Zeller told CNN Heroes he was knocked out when a mortar round exploded, knocking him into a ditch.

 

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