French speaking Afghans needed...
One of the colation member states is Canada and they are rotating their troops through Afghanistan and Iraq. The next group to go over is based out of Quebec and they are Francophones... According to
Canada.Com, the call for French speaking Afghanis has been out for several months to no avail...
Story here:
bq. Canadian troops have spread the word around Kabul for the past two months that they need a few dozen local residents who can work in French with the next contingent of troops arriving from Quebec.
bq. "We can't find any who speak French right now," said Lieut. Tim Button, the officer in charge of hiring the army's local interpreters.
bq. "We've had one who showed up at the gate who claimed he spoke French, but when I spoke with him he didn't speak French at all. Not a word."
Heh...
Posted by DaveH at February 1, 2004 8:06 PM