Good morning. Today marks one year since the Taliban recaptured Kabul and Guardian Australia has spoken to Afghans still stranded abroad, despite having Australian visas. And Malcolm Turnbull, who as prime minister rejected an Indigenous voice to parliament, calling it a potential “third chamber”, says he would vote in favour of Labor’s proposed model.
Many Afghans with Australian visas are stranded in Pakistan and Iran and other countries, living in a legal limbo and struggling to eke out a living. One man who served with Australian troops tells the Guardian he is stranded in a Dutch refugee camp while his family remain in Afghanistan, hiding from the Taliban. The number of Afghans seeking to come to Australia far outstrips the humanitarian places. The government has pleaded for patience, and for people to remain safe.
