http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20211004-124858-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/os1-intermediate-solidarities/ Intermediate Solidarities: The Case of the Afghan Interpreters Mégret, Fréderic eng 2021-10-04 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Afghanistan Interpreters Public International Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The Western imaginary of solidarity to distant others has long dominated discussions of Afghanistan. This commentary looks at what might be described as intermediary solidarities - towards local suppletives who have put themselves in harm’s way to aid foreign interventions, primarily Afghan interpreters, employed by Western armies. I contrast a sense of patriotic noblesse oblige to former allies with a more critical international evaluation of the status of these interpreters.