He was lucky to survive.Sheraz worked closely in Kabul with Australian army officer Gus McFarlane."The contrast of security arrangements for what I experienced, living on a protected base compared to what he had to do every day, was stark," says McFarlane, who is now a Lieutenant Colonel."It really highlighted to me the commitment he had to his community, to Afghanistan, how much he passionately believed in what he was doing over there."Lieutenant Colonel McFarlane says Sheraz provided much more than translation."There were several instances where the Taliban had infiltrated our bases and caused casualties," he says."I was able to have somebody that I could trust to not just interpret the conversation that was going on, but to read the room, read what was going on, provide commentary on what was happening outside of the Kabul Garrison Command headquarters itself."Sheraz was a child when the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001, but he and his brother Ferdows realised there were job opportunities for those who could speak English.They studied English, and in 2010, when Sheraz was 18, he began working as a translator.He told his parents he had a safe job, working inside a base in a "safe" province.What he was actually doing was going out on operations with US special forces.The missions were exceptionally dangerous Sheraz says three of those soldiers were subsequently killed.His role was to act as a liaison between the US forces and the Afghan national army and police officers they worked alongside