Afghan student strikes visa hitch

By Rosita Gallasch
Updated March 6 2014 - 8:36am, first published 1:00am
Ahmad Waris, from Afghanistan, who has been living in Tasmania since 2011, may be forced to return to a country where he no longer has family. Picture: NEIL RICHARDSON
Ahmad Waris, from Afghanistan, who has been living in Tasmania since 2011, may be forced to return to a country where he no longer has family. Picture: NEIL RICHARDSON

AHMAD Waris has come to call Launceston his adopted home but visa conditions could see him sent back to war-torn Afghanistan in six months.

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