for decades he lived through the war in afghanistan and stayed on with special combat forces as an interpreter fighting against the taliban. he survived the war only to die in the middle of the night this week in washington, d.c. where he was working as a lyft driver. police are now searching for the four people you see here running away from nasrat s car. he had been pulling an extra shift to support his wife and four children. the youngest is just 15 months old. jeremy malone helps nasrat leave afghanistan and joins me now. this is just such a devastating story. about his life, what can you tell us about what he lived through in afghanistan, how he served in this incredibly tough role alongside the u.s. military before he came to the united states? so as a kid, nasrat helped u.s. forces in ways that he could, doing small jobs and favors. but formally, he worked for u.s.
an interpreter for the next 10 years, but he d already invested about, like i said is, 8 or 9 years of working on the camp and being involved with us. so he essentially in his short life, 31 years when he passed, he gave us about 18 of those years in service of this country, not his. pete: wow. yeah, absolutely. jeremy, you helped him escape after the collapse of afghanistan. the taliban certainly would have wanted to hunt him. he came here for a better life. yeah. well, and matt did as well. there were a lot of people within our networks that were doing a lot of things to help nasrat. he was always helping other people as well. he didn t have a job at that point that once the taliban takes over anybody who is pro-u.s. does not have an opportunity to work anymore, and many of them were hunted like nasrat was. but he didn t have a paying job to do, but it was important to
ended up fighting with them. well, when afghanistan collapsed and the taliban took over, he fled the united states. he moved to philly, but he felt unsafe there by the crime rate in philadelphia, so he and his family moved to washington, d.c., and this week he was shot and killed while driving a lyft washington d.c. so the question is where is it more dangerous, kabul, afghanistan, or washington, d.c.? we had a chance to talk to matthew butler, a lieutenant colonel, who served two tours with nasrat as well as jeremy malone who helped him escape afghanistan. here s their message. n nasrat was kind of a legend at bagram. he was essentially about a so-year-old 10-year-old boy when that happened in 2001. he just hung around us, so by the time i met him in 2009, you know, the stories were still
d.c. the father of four fled the war-torn nation during the chaotic u.s. withdrawal in 2021. originally settling in philadelphia before moving to washington, d.c. concerned about philadelphia climb rates. crime rates. no i arrests have yet been made, those are the perpetrators who moments earlier had shot him. police released this video of possible suspects running down an alley after the shooting. joining us now, retired lieutenant colonel matthew butler and special forces veteran who served two tours in afghanistan with nav nasrat, and jeremy malone, a close friend who helped him escape. what a terrible story. matthew, you served with him. tell us about what it was like to serve with him this afghanistan. in afghanistan. it was a real pleasure, to be honest with you, pete. nasrat was kind of a legend within the special force
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — An online fundraising effort for the family of a man who was shot and killed in D.C. said he was a Lyft driver who served alongside U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan. Police found 31-year-old Nasrat Ahmad Yar of Alexandria, Va. shot inside a car shortly after midnight on Monday, July […]