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TIL thirty Afghan interpreters and their 64 family members were granted a resettlement package in New Zealand amid fears they would be killed by the Taliban once Kiwi soldiers left Afghanistan. The Police Commissioner stated: “It’s now our turn to return the favour and be mates to you.”

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