The 34-year-old Afghan refugee who fled Taliban vengeance said yesterday: "They were three wasted years. Wasted time and wasted life."...So much for rural life being a haven for whites.
His youngest child, Javid, was born after he fled and he only saw him for the first time aged five when his family was reunited two years ago.
The Castlemaine branch of Rural Australians for Refugees helped Mr Hashimi get through that period, and encouraged him to settle in Castlemaine on his release. He threw himself into the community's life, joining its a capella choir...
His wife is learning English and his three sons and daughter are earning glowing reports at school. He laments that if not for those years on Nauru, their schooling would be further advanced.
Country life signals end of a long struggle
July 30, 2008
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