{"id":1966584,"date":"2023-07-07T12:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T16:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-interpreter-who-survived-bidens-evacuation-becomes-victim-of-dc-murder-surge\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T12:23:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T16:23:16","slug":"afghan-interpreter-who-survived-bidens-evacuation-becomes-victim-of-dc-murder-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-interpreter-who-survived-bidens-evacuation-becomes-victim-of-dc-murder-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan interpreter, survivor of Biden&#8217;s evacuation, falls victim to DC murder surge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafghan-interpreter-who-survived-bidens-evacuation-becomes-victim-of-dc-murder-surge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966584&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Afghan Interpreter Turned Lyft Driver Murdered in Washington, D.C.<\/h2>\n<p>Nasrat Ahmad Yar, a Lyft driver who previously worked as an interpreter in Afghanistan, has tragically become the latest victim of violence in Washington, D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/07\/us\/lyft-driver-interpreter-afghanistan-killing\/index.html\">Yar<\/a> dedicated a decade of his life to assisting U.S. forces in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kings-nuggets-link-arms-in-solidarity-with-ukrainian-player\/\" title=\"WATCH: Kings, Nuggets Link Arms in Solidarity with Ukrainian Player\">war-torn homeland<\/a>. Following the Taliban&#8217;s takeover in 2021, he made the difficult decision to flee with his family and start a new life in the United States. To support his wife and four children, Yar took up driving for Lyft. However, his life was cut short on Monday night while on duty. Responding to a call in Capitol Hill, police discovered Yar near his car, fatally wounded by a gunshot. Despite efforts to save him, he succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, the police have not made any arrests in connection with the murder. To encourage potential witnesses to come forward, a reward of $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest. Security footage from the scene shows four individuals fleeing, with one person captured on camera saying, &#8220;You just killed him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was reaching, bruh,&#8221; another person responds in the footage.<\/p>\n<p>Yar&#8217;s tragic death is part of a disturbing trend in Washington, D.C., where 10 people have been killed in the first five days of this month alone. Among the victims were a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-interpreter-who-survived-bidens-evacuation-becomes-victim-of-dc-murder-surge\/\" title=\"Afghan interpreter, survivor of Biden's evacuation, falls victim to DC murder surge.\">social studies teacher attending<\/a> a development conference and a college student enjoying their summer break in the nation&#8217;s capital.<\/p>\n<h3>Escalating Crime Rates in Washington, D.C.<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Shootings and homicides have been on the rise in Washington, D.C. In 2019, there were 135 fatal shootings and 557 non-fatal shootings. These numbers increased in 2022 to 174 fatal shootings and 710 non-fatal shootings.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Even more concerning is the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-ice-release-reports-on-border-arrests-seizures\/\" title=\"CBP, ICE release reports on border arrests, seizures\">criminal charges<\/a> are rarely brought against those arrested. Shockingly, two-thirds of individuals apprehended in Washington, D.C. never <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/most-people-arrested-in-dc-dont-get-charged-data-reveal\/\">face<\/a> criminal charges, according to data from the U.S. attorney&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Yar&#8217;s tragic murder is yet another example of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-happened-to-kathy-ny-governor-disappears-after-debate-with-lee-zeldin\/\" title=\"What Happened to Kathy? NY Governor Disappears After Debate With Lee Zeldin\">escalating crime rates<\/a> in cities governed by Democratic politicians. Residents of Portland, for instance, are <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/portland-residents-flee-city-citing-crime-and-homelessness\/\">leaving<\/a> the city due to its rampant crime. Similarly, other major Democratic cities like San Francisco and New York City have also experienced an exodus of residents, with San Francisco losing 7.5 percent of its population and New York City losing over 5 percent between 2020 and 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Lyft driver, Nasrat Ahmad Yar, who served as an interpreter in Afghanistan and escaped the Taliban&#8217;s 2021 takeover, has become the newest homicide victim in Washington, D.C. Yar had worked alongside U.S. forces for ten years and immigrated following the chaotic withdrawal orchestrated by the Biden administration, leaving the nation in turmoil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1966585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}