Australia Fast-Tracks Protection Visas for Afghan Interpreters Targeted by Taliban

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C) and other members of the Taliban delegation arrive to attend an international conference on Afghanistan over the peaceful solution to the conflict in Moscow on March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Australia is urgently processing up to 300 protection visa applications for Afghan interpreters who have been told they are on a Taliban hit list as allied troops withdraw from Afghanistan.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the federal government is aware of the situation and currently going through the paperwork.