Ghulamreza Haidari left Afghanistan in 2012 because he feared for his safety as a Hazara man and hoped he could settle his family in Australia. He's still waiting.
Their son Ali was 7 when he left, he is now 20.
Ali didn't know the alphabet then and now is trained as a teacher. His father says the pain of missing so much of his son's life is unimaginable.
After the Taliban claimed power in 2021 , Ali was fired and his mother Jamila has been practically housebound due to the government's restrictions on women.