reporter: jamshid akbari always loved basketball.e, in afghanistan, he used to coach a women's team professionally. the income comfortably sustained jamshid and his family. >> basketball is my life and was my greatest passion. i'd reached the national level, i worked as a coach, and coached a women's basketball team. reporter: but the taliban banned women's sports. jamshid managed to flee afghanistan just in time, thanks to assurances from the canadian government. but after a few weeks in qatar, he got stuck in albania as canada wouldn't take him in. he's now hoping for a u.s. visa. he shows us pictures of his family, who he had to leave behind. his twins are just over a year old now, he hasn't seen them since they were newborns. then, his wife calls. >> i'm giving a television interview. i will talk about my problems -- loneliness, the family, the bureaucracy. i swear, all i do here is wait! over the past year, everyone told me i had been extremely lucky. because i was able to leave my country and reach albania,n europe. and that we

reporter: jamshid akbari always loved basketball.e, in afghanistan, he used to coach a women's team professionally. the income comfortably sustained jamshid and his family. >> basketball is my life and was my greatest passion. i'd reached the national level, i worked as a coach, and coached a women's basketball team. reporter: but the taliban banned women's sports. jamshid managed to flee afghanistan just in time, thanks to assurances from the canadian government. but after a few weeks in qatar, he got stuck in albania as canada wouldn't take him in. he's now hoping for a u.s. visa. he shows us pictures of his family, who he had to leave behind. his twins are just over a year old now, he hasn't seen them since they were newborns. then, his wife calls. >> i'm giving a television interview. i will talk about my problems -- loneliness, the family, the bureaucracy. i swear, all i do here is wait! over the past year, everyone told me i had been extremely lucky. because i was able to leave my country and reach albania,n europe. and that we