'We are in danger': French Army translators left behind to Taliban

KABUL - The Taliban have tried to kill Zainullah, a former translator for the French Army, twice already, he says, warning that the insurgents have expanded their territory in Afghanistan to just five minutes from his door.

He and fellow translators who once aided international forces say they are increasingly fearful, with the Taliban now controlling or influencing some 40 percent of Afghanistan's 407 districts.

"We are in danger," said another, Bashir, who served the French Army for four years. "Nobody knows when but it's going to happen one day, for the situation is getting worse. They will get us."