Growing number of casualties in the battlefield is a cause for serious concern for many professional and freelance translators and jouranlists. Many translators working with the coalition forces and the media have recently been targets of threats, kidnapping,  and even death recently in Afghanistan. Some of these translators are local Afghans, while others are foreign expats who were born in Afghan families. This is not only a concern for civilians who are trying to rebuild Afghanistan, but military and diplomatic sources are also worried that these fears will slow down the linguist recruitment for military and civilian initiatives in Afghanistan. 

While condemning these heinous acts against innocent translators and civilians, Afghan Translation Service encourages Afghans to continue supporting the war torn country and asks both Afghan and coalition forces to take action in reducing civilian war casualties in general and translators in particular.

About Afghan Translation Service

Afghan Translation Service is a full service language company located in Toronto, Canada. It provides translation, transcription, editing, proof reading, voice over, copywriting and consulting services for all languages, including primarily Dari, Pashto (Pashtu), Farsi, Arabic, Kurdish, Hindi, Urdu, Somali, Amharic,  and other languages. For more information please email  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 1-888-323-4426 or visit http://www.afghantranslation.com.