Nearly four years after being captured and tortured by the Taliban, Ahmad can still vividly recall the cell he was held in.
The 31-year-old Hazara refugee is speaking with SBS News from a hideout in Pakistan, where he and his family have been living in secret for the past three and a half years, awaiting approval for humanitarian visas from the Australian government.
Before fleeing Afghanistan, Ahmad had been living a fulfilling life fighting for social justice.