An Afghan refugee has spoken of his joy at being reunited in Derry with an old friend who helped him escape a Taliban ‘kill list’ – decorated former soldier turned politician Ryan McCready.
Mr McCready, a UUP representative on the Derry and Strabane council, is a former RIR soldier who was given a meritorious service medal by NATO and was named the UK’s Most Outstanding Soldier in 2011 for his work in Afghanistan.
While in Kabul, he became friends with Yar Yardost – a civilian contractor who worked in a number of roles at New Kabul Compound.
