Canadian Veteran Helps Afghan Interpreter and His Family Escape Taliban Rule

Canadian Veteran Helps Afghan Interpreter and His Family Escape Taliban Rule
Stephen Peddle poses in St. Albert, Alta. on November 10, 2021. Peddle recently retired from a 28-year career with the Canadian military after assisting interpreter Sangeen Abdul Mateen and his family to come to Canada. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson
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This Remembrance Day, the first since Afghanistan fell to Taliban forces in the summer, will be difficult for Canadians who fought in the Middle Eastern country, says a veteran who served two missions there.

Stephen Peddle, a Canadian Forces retired major, has been working to get some families of Afghan interpreters to safety.