Almost three years to the day after Kabul fell to the Taliban, Naqeebullah Sadat celebrated another milestone in his life besides escaping with his family to Australia - he was a proud holder of a NSW driver's licence.
The former interpreter for Australian Defence Forces in Afghanistan had tried eight times to pass his test.
But it wasn't until he took subsidised lessons with Gymea Community Aid, a Sydney refugee and migrant resettlement organisation, that he passed.