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Former Afghan interpreter details alleged sexual abuse by Global Affairs employee

Cartridges lie in the sands as Canadian Task Force Kandahar soldiers take part in a shooting exercise at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar city on June 7, 2010. NATO, US and Afghan troops are preparing their biggest offensive against the rebels in the southern province of Kandahar, with foreign troop numbers set to peak at 150,000 by August.

Clutching a teddy bear and trembling through her story in the witness box, a female former Afghan interpreter who worked for Canada in Afghanistan detailed the harrowing sexual abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of a government employee.