Asadul “Asad” Gul Mohammad was 13 years old when his dad called with the news. Asad was  hanging out in his family’s yard among the apple trees with the friends he had known since he was 7 — the friends he’d gone to school with until 4th grade, when he dropped out. But he never liked school anyway. The teachers used to hit him with sticks. His dad said to his mom in Pashto, “Hey, get ready! We’re going to America!” “Why?” Asad’s dad had been working for the US military since they occupied Afghanistan when he was 16 — first as a soldier, then repairing guns after losing the sight in his left eye and his left leg from the knee down in combat. With the war ending, the US informed him that he had to move his family or they would be killed by the Taliban. To read more, click the link in bio. #storybymichaelyi #photobyanastasiaflower #pagedesignbyaddiemoore #socialmediabylucianamendy