CCPR/C/117/D/2469/2014 that the author’s brother-in-law had been killed by terrorists because of the author, the author reiterates his previous statement and attaches the original police report in the Dari language, as well as Danish and English translations. He further refers to page 35 of the UNHCR report entitled “Beyond proof: Credibility Assessment in European Union Asylum Systems”,9 which states that a finding of implausibility must be based on reasonably drawn objectively justifiable inferences, and that the examiner should not speculate on how events could have or should have unfolded or how the applicant or a third party ought to have behaved. The author notes that, in any event, whether or not his brother-in-law was killed because of the author’s conflict with A.M.W. is not the key issue in the case. It is impossible for the author or the Kandahar police to establish and fully document the circumstances of the killing of the author’s brother-in-law. However, it cannot be excluded that he was killed as an act of retaliation for the author’s work as an interpreter. The most important element is the question of the risk faced by the author upon return. 5.3 Concerning the issue of dates, the author recalls that he worked with the Afghan police from the beginning of 2009 until the beginning of 2010. He was later employed by Mission Essential Personnel, which establishes contracts between interpreters and companies, in this case the United States and international security forces. In other words, the author was employed with Mission Essential Personnel but on contract with the United States and international security forces from the beginning of 2010 until May 2011. 5.4 The author worked in three different teams: first in Laghman camp, then after six months he joined a team at the Qalat police headquarters, under the leadership of J.S., and finally after a further two months the author was informed that he should interpret for the intelligence service, under M.W. 5.5 The State party has relied on the refugee appeals board’s decision of 2 March 2015 to challenge the author’s credibility with respect to dates. In particular, it has referred to a letter of recommendation from J.S., which stated that the author had worked as an interpreter for international security forces at Qalat police headquarters in Zabul from 1 July 2010 to 31 May 2011. The board also relied on the author’s interview of 13 January 2012 before the Danish immigration service, during which the author claimed he had started working for the intelligence service around March 2011 and therefore then no longer worked with J.S. 5.6 The author submits that he correctly asserted before the Danish immigration service that he had started working for the intelligence service around March 2011. He did not mention that he no longer worked with J.S., and that was simply the conclusion of the refugee appeals board. In fact, J.S. was the head officer of all troops at the Qalat police headquarters in Zabul, including the intelligence service. The author worked under different supervisors, but worked at Qalat police headquarters from July 2010 until May 2011. 5.7 The undated letter of recommendation from J.S., which states that the author worked for international security forces from 1 July 2010 to 31 May 2011, was written as a recommendation letter to the interpreters who needed one when applying for a special immigrant visa to the United States. It is not meant to provide an employment record with precise start and end dates. The letter was probably a standard one, in which J.S. only changed names and regiments for each interpreter in need of a recommendation letter. 5.8 The author also includes a letter of recommendation dated 29 January 2015, drafted by J.A., which states that J.A had been the author’s immediate supervisor from 15 July 2010 to 20 May 2011, during which time the author had worked as his “trusted and personal linguist in Police headquarters” while J.A served with the Afghan National Police 9 8 Available from www.refworld.org/docid/519b1fb54.html.