My friend Amiri sometimes shows me old photos of himself in U.S.-issued camouflage fatigues, American soldiers’ arms draped around his shoulders, as he recalls the years he spent as their interpreter in various forward operating bases dotted across Afghanistan. While Amiri shared the same discomforts and dangers as his GI “brothers,” he was also an Afghan national and, as such, was targeted more directly and personally for his support of the U.S. military and his commitment to a more democratic Afghanistan.