For the group of six men, who live with disabilities, it’s a remarkable change from when SBS first met them last December.
Then, the five who competed in volleyball and weight lifting, and one official, were anxious about their future. They were staying temporarily at the house of a member of the Afghan Australian community, having fled the Invictus Games in October to seek asylum.
They all expressed fear at returning home to Afghanistan, saying their participation in the games - an annual sporting event for wounded war veterans, founded by Prince Harry - had made them targets of the Taliban.
The men are all Afghan National Army veterans and some sustained injuries while fighting the Taliban alongside western coalition forces, including Australia.
Naseri, 31, was working on a joint patrol with British forces in Helmand province when he lost both of his legs to a landmine.
“I gave the physical part of my body to Afghanistan, to my home country, but I will give my brain to Australia,” he said.
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