The images are now anchored in history. Frantic crowds of people who run after planes, trying to flee Afghanistan While the American forces withdrew in 2021.
In the middle of this chaotic scene that were two little boys, whose life, without their knowledge, was about to be modified forever.
They were on Kabul’s landing track to say goodbye to their father. He, like so many people piled up on the Tarmac that day, worked for the previous government and was afraid for his life when the Taliban quickly resumed power.
But the father never got on board. Instead, his children were taken in the fray.
“There was an explosion. What happened in this chaos, the father was locked outside the fence and the children were inside. No one really knows what happened, but they were pushed with the crowd and ended up on the plane, “said Mahdi Adresy of Calgary.
The brothers were only eight and 13 years old.
“It was the first time that one or the other was on a plane. They did not know where they were going or what was going to happen, “said Adreshy.
The boys found themselves in Calgary and the care for children and family services. A family friend contacted Mahdi Adreshy and his wife We Hous Ghasempour, from Iran, to see if they could help.
“We understand each other. They did not know English at the time – they left ABC – but we could communicate, “said Adreshy.
“We are so happy to help them, but honestly, it was not planned at all,” added Ghasempour.
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Barely six months before meeting the boys, the couple unexpectedly lost their 19 -year -old son.
“It’s just hell,” said Ghasempour.
But in the fog of their sorrow, they found love and compassion and directed their energy to support the two boys of Afghanistan separated from their family.
“It was really difficult, especially for the young person. He was afraid of everything. Now they are more comfortable, but as they age, they can understand more … and more problems, frightened by the future, “said Ghasempour.
The couple and their son was one of the boys in their family, having made them ski trips and camping adventures, enrolled them in football and helped guide them at school and sail in a whole world new. The three months have turned into three years together. But it was not always easy.
“We do everything we can do, but they are still far from the family for too long,” said Adreshy.
“It’s difficult on their mental health,” added Ghasempour.
The couple is in regular contact with the boy’s parents, who are now hidden in Pakistan. But they are likely to be expelled in Afghanistan.
“The police came and took my husband and my son and threatened to expel us and I did not know if I would see them again,” said Frozan, the mother of the boys, through a translator during a Video chat.
“It’s too difficult to be far from my children. We want to come there and start a better chapter with our children, ”she said, stamping the tears of her eyes. She said that the shock of this day had not left them, but they are grateful that their boys found themselves in the arms of such magnetic people.
The Calgarians organized a GoFundme campaign to help pay family visas in Pakistan. They hope that the Canadian government will be able to help bring together the family that has been waiting for almost four years.
Despite the growing uncertainty that grows up with each passing day, Adreshy and Ghasempour urge the boys and their parents not to abandon hope.
“I know what to lose your own child, what it means. I have the feeling that they will see them soon at the airport, “said Ghasempour.
Global News contacted the Canada Immigration and Refugees Council, but has not yet heard.
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