As they covered the war in Afghanistan, news reporters from the L.A. Times and NPR would ask interpreter Hashmat Baktash to arrange interviews with local people in hiding from the Taliban.
Afghans near the U.S.’s Bagram Airfield spoke reluctantly and often asked to remain anonymous, he said.
Now, Baktash is in a similar situation – this time in America, where new Afghan immigrants are suddenly hiding their names and faces…