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Moreover, the SIV vetting process is rigorous, entailing no fewer than 14 steps. Documentation of service is required. So is a counterintelligence exam, which may include a polygraph. And so is proof that an applicant has come under threat. Supporters of the SIV program argue that some of the requirements are virtually impossible for some interpreters to meet.

One especially fraught requirement is the need to document danger. This has inspired a new literary genre called the Taliban threat letter, which warns a recipient of dire harm for having aided the enemy. Advocates say the threats are real—delivered on the phone or in person—but that the letters may be concocted for the SIV application.

But the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a recent telephone interview with Smithsonian that the Taliban does not usually send warning letters.

The fate of Afghan interpreters left behind troubles Erin Trieb , an American photojournalist, who covered American infantry units in Afghanistan from to On a trip to Kabul last year, Trieb met a man named Mashal, who had been an interpreter for nine years and was now waiting to see whether he would be approved for an SIV.

Trieb sought out other former interpreters, to capture the anxious shadow land they inhabit. Sign In. Play trailer Crime Mystery Thriller. Director Sydney Pollack. Top credits Director Sydney Pollack. See more at IMDbPro.

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