I can say that the NZDF did not employ anyone after April 2013 when the Bamian provincial reconstruction team closed. Afghan interpreters played a critical role—yes, we agree—in the operation of New Zealand's provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan. In 2012 and 2013, the New Zealand Government provided groups of Afghan interpreters who had worked for the New Zealand Defence Force and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Bamian Province with an assistance package, which included the opportunity to resettle here in New Zealand. Resettlement was offered to interpreters as they were considered to be at the highest risk of Taliban retribution and reflected the service this group provided to the New Zealand Government during that time. The opportunity to resettle to New Zealand was also extended to the interpreter's spouse and dependent children. Financial support was also provided to local staff who were closely involved with the New Zealand Defence Force and New Zealand Police in Bamian but who did not venture around the province with the NZDF and were therefore deemed to be less directly associated with the NZDF. 