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Afghan Invictus Games athletes revealed why they stayed behind and applied for asylum

Afghan Invictus athletes in Sydney

Speaking for the first time since missing their flight home in October, six Afghan men who live with disabilities after being wounded in the war say they are owed protection in Australia.


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Speaking for the first time since missing their flight home in October, six Afghan men who live with disabilities after being wounded in the war say they are owed protection in Australia.


When the Sydney Invictus Games ended in October, six athletes and officials from the Afghan team failed to board their flight home. Speaking exclusively to SBS Pashto they've revealed why they stayed behind and applied for asylum.

Please listen to the interviews of the Afghan athletes in Pashto language.


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