Groton man’s colleague remains in Afghanistan

GROTON—For almost 13 years, Zac Conaway of Groton has been trying to get a former colleague, Jamil, out of Afghanistan. The efforts intensified just before the Taliban takeover a little more than one year ago, but thus far have been unsuccessful.
While deployed with the U.S. Army in 2009, Conaway transported material in support of various battalions located in the Kunar River Valley. For about a year, Jamil was assigned to Conaway as translator. In order to keep Jamil’s identity concea