John Christopher "Chris" Turner (born 1947) is an American citizen who is notable for his activities in Afghanistan.
[1][2][3][4][5] During the Soviet–Afghan War, Turner is reported to have served with the anti-Soviet Afghan Mujahideen.
Turner is reported to have uploaded a YouTube video where he describes meeting Osama bin Laden, in 1984, when both men were foreign volunteers, helping to fight Afghanistan's Soviet occupiers.
[1][2][3][4][5] Turner described hearing the initial gunfire from the 6am attack, grabbing his AK-47, and waking as many of the other guests as he could, guiding them to the guest house's laundry room, and helping them escape.
He said that he and a Nepalese man had held off the attackers while the guests he had roused escaped.