Canberra should signal to the world that we’re all better off in a community of nations where human dignity matters.
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Ahmad Shuja Jamal is a Special Advisor to the Refugee Council of Australia. A former Afghan civil servant now in exile, Shuja served as the director-general for international relations and regional cooperation at the Afghan National Security Council, where he helped manage Afghanistan’s security partnerships. He also served as director for peace and civilian protection and handled Afghanistan’s policy portfolio on international sanctions, including those of the UN Security Council and the US against Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS.