John Christopher Turner

John Christopher "Chris" Turner (b. 1947 (age 64–65)) is an American citizen who is notable for his activities in Afghanistan.[1][2][3][4][5][6] During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan Turner is reported to have served with the anti-Soviet mujahideen. Turner is reported to have uploaded a youtube video where he describes meeting Osama bin Laden, in 1984, when both men were foreign volunteers, helping to fight Afghanistan's Soviet occupiers.

Turner speaks Pashtun and wears a turban and a beard.[6]

On October 28 2009, while Turner was working for an Afghan trucking firm, he was staying at the Bakhtar guest house, when it was attacked by a suicide attack from a band of Taliban.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Turner described hearing the initial gunfire from the 6am attack, grabbing his AK-47, and waking as many of the other guests as he could, guiding them to the guest house's laundry room, and helping them escape. He said that he and a Nepalese man had held off the attackers while the guests he had rallied escaped. Five guest, three attackers, and a two of the guest houses guards died during the attack.

References

  1. ^ a b Sabrina Tavernise, Sangar Rahimi (2009-10-28). "Guarded Afghan Hotel Proved All Too Vulnerable". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F10%2F29%2Fworld%2Fasia%2F29afghan.html%3F_r%3D1%26hp&date=2009-10-29. 
  2. ^ a b Woods, Allan (2009-10-28). "Taliban attacks UN guest house in Kabul". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fafghanistan%2Farticle%2F717302--taliban-attacks-un-guest-house-in-kabul&date=2009-10-28. Retrieved 2010-05-06. 
  3. ^ a b Robert H. Reid, Heidi Vogt (2009-10-29). "UN workers scramble over roofs during Kabul attack". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fs%2Fap%2F20091028%2Fap_on_re_as%2Fas_afghanistan&date=2009-10-28. 
  4. ^ a b "Taliban militants storm UN guest house, kill 12 in Afghanistan". New York Post. 2009-10-28. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nypost.com%2Fp%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Ftaliban_militants_storm_un_guest_losAx66aHzwrfmIv7h0uuL%2F1&date=2009-10-28. 
  5. ^ a b Hamza Hendawi (2009-10-28). "US contractor says he fights off attack in Kabul". WTOP. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wtop.com%2F%3Fsid%3D1796967%26nid%3D105&date=2009-10-28. 
  6. ^ a b c "US contractor says he fights off attack in Kabul". Boston Herald. 2009-10-28. Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostonherald.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fasia_pacific%2Fview.bg%3F%26articleid%3D1207993%26format%3D%26page%3D2%26listingType%3Dintasia&date=2009-10-29. 
American combat veterans of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Mohammed Loay Bayazid, John Christopher Turner