A family of seven escaped their homeland and moved to Thurston County in 2021.
LACEY, Wash. — If Mohammad Mahis stayed in Afghanistan, he thinks he would have been killed.
“I knew it was not safe to be there, based on my work background,” said Mahis.
The father of four had been a translator for the American military, but when U.S. forces left in August of 2021, Mahis knew it was time for him and his family to go as well.
He tracked down retired U.S. Army Green Beret Dave Bligh, someone Mahis translated for in Afghanistan.
Bligh helped Mahis,
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