The power of the Internet: From Greece an Afghan refugee has asked via YouTube video Lithuania asylum. Abdul Basir Yousofy worked as a translator of Lithuanian NATO troops in his country. After threatening letters the Taliban because of its cooperation with NATO, he fled his home. “He was a link between the local people and our soldiers. His behavior influenced their behavior towards us positively, “said an employee of the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense. Lithuanian soldiers who were employed in 2013 in the Afghan province of Ghor, recognized him. The journalist Josh Friedman took the cry for help of the Afghans in Idomeni on added English subtitles to and loaded the video on YouTube. “We decided to help this person. He faces obvious danger in his homeland. At the moment he is in Greece, he has a valid passport, we just have to fly it or he takes himself a flight, “said the deputy interior minister Elvinas Jankevicius. Thanks to its past with Lithuanian NATO soldiers of Afghan hopes for a future in Lithuania: He wants to open a hotel there or working as a kitchen helper. The call for help on YouTube: More: Afghanistan refugees Lithuania
