Lyft driver who worked as US interpreter in Afghanistan shot dead in Washington

Police have offered $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

A Virginia man who previously served as an interpreter for the US military in Afghanistan was fatally shot this week working as a rideshare driver in Washington DC.

Nasratullah Ahmadyar, 31, was shot and killed on Monday while driving for Lyft, WUSA 9 reported. He had worked as an interpreter with the army special forces, but left Afghanistan on the last flight out of the country during the US withdrawal in 2021.