Afghanistan Military Translators Were Just Making Things Up 5.30K Adrian Chen 09/08/10 09:39PM Filed to: Whoops Whoops Afghanistan Abc Translators Gettypic According to ABC News, more than a quarter of translators working with soldiers in Afghanistan didn't know how to speak Pashto or Dari. Which explains the latest reports that put Osama bin Laden in a 24-hour Kabul diner.