He became a refugee when militants threatened his life for working as translator with US forces
![[Johannes de Bruycker/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/eed7c7ab89044ce78507ebf2eb857db4_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

He became a refugee when militants threatened his life for working as translator with US forces
![[Johannes de Bruycker/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/eed7c7ab89044ce78507ebf2eb857db4_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Where more than 8,000 men were killed, a new generation is trying to overcome the past on the local football pitch.
