No way out: Afghan allies hiding from Taliban hit dead ends in quest to reach US

Gul Mohammad managed to hide for a few months before he was kidnapped by the Taliban.

 

They kept the former senior special forces commander tied up in a house for two days, demanding cars and cash.

 

He kept lying about his rank.

 

“If they understand who I was before, that I was special forces, they would kill me,” he said.

 

“They always loaded the rifle very close to me, sometimes they would shoot close to my head, and they told me they would kill me at any moment, at any time,”