Australia is urgently processing up to 300 protection visa applications for Afghan interpreters who have been told they are on a Taliban hit list as allied troops withdraw from Afghanistan. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the federal government is aware of the situation and currently going through the paperwork. “We have done this before safely, and we will be able to do it again, but it would be very unhelpful for me to elaborate any further on that issue,” Morrison told reporters in Sydney on Tuesday. “We are very aware of it, and we are working urgently and steadfastly and patiently to ensure that we do this in the appropriate way as we have done on earlier occasions.” Chris Barrie, a retired admiral, said Australia has a serious obligation to take care of the interpreters when withdrawing military later this year. “It would be unconscionable to leave these people to the …