Afghan refugees in Australia deeply worried those left behind with the Taliban have been forgotten

As the focus on Afghanistan’s rearmost philanthropic extremity wanes, the everyday struggles of the Afghan diaspora have come more pronounced.

From those who left the war- torn country a decade ago to those who escaped the rearmost Taliban preemption, their stories reveal the threats of resettlement and the heartbreak of losing connection with their motherland.
For those forced to leave their homes, the months and times since have done little to lessen the pain.

Abdul fled Afghanistan in 2011 after the Taliban targeted him for being a intelligencer.
Two times and three countries latterly, he boarded a boat from Indonesia and arrived on Christmas Island after a five- day passage.

He has not seen his woman and five children in a decade — they’re still in Afghanistan.
Abdul said his life had changed immensely since leaving Afghanistan.

“Before (the Taliban came) to target me, my life was veritably good. I got business, I got everything. I got my woman, kiddies, family, mama, family. I was veritably happy.”
Abdul is on a temporary protection visa (TPV) which subventions temporary occupancy in Australia.

But TPV holders are unfit to finance family members applying for Australian visas.
The Australian Human Rights Commission said roughly TPV and safe haven enterprise visa (SHEV) holders in Australia are in a analogous situation.

The Taliban’s preemption of Afghanistan in August took a particularly hard risk on Abdul.

He said he felt” broken”and helpless because he was unfit to dislocate his family to Australia.

“My son said,’Dad, you ( have been living) for 10 times in Australia and people (are) going for free (but) you can not take us from then?’I said,’Ghazal, you’ll be coming soon’.”