# MoD reconsiders Afghan interpreter’s rejected injury compensation claim

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/minister-demands-mod-reviews-case-of-hero-interpreter-blown-up-by-taliban-after-his-compensation-claim-was-rejected-in-proof-of-address-row/
- Published: 2026-11-05T18:17:30+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T18:41:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16269261/Minister-demands-MoD-reviews-case-hero-interpreter-blown-Taliban-compensation-claim-rejected-proof-address-row.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- The MoD is reviewing Rafi Hottak’s rejected compensation claim.
- His council tax bill was refused as proof of address.
- Hottak was badly injured serving alongside British troops in 2007.

## Summary

The Ministry of Defence is urgently reviewing Afghan interpreter Rafi Hottak’s rejected compensation claim after ministers called for a more reasonable approach to applications. Hottak was injured while serving alongside British troops, and the case has drawn criticism from former military personnel, campaigners and MPs.

Hottak, 39, suffered life-changing injuries in a Taliban bombing in Helmand in November 2007 that killed a British officer; he needed 160 stitches. He came to the UK in 2011 and applied to the Ex-Gratia Medical Payments scheme, but officials rejected his application because he submitted a council tax bill rather than a utility bill as proof of address. Minister Luke Pollard is understood to be reviewing his case alongside others, while Hottak says he is ready to provide any further evidence.

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