Canberra musician Fred Smith has turned his experience as a diplomat in Afghanistan into a book

By Sally Pryor
Updated August 18 2016 - 10:10pm, first published August 12 2016 - 12:00pm
Fred Smith was the first Australian diplomat to be posted to Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province in 2009. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Fred Smith was the first Australian diplomat to be posted to Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province in 2009. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Fred Smith: "The transition is always difficult - you grieve what you've lived." Photo: Jamila Toderas
Fred Smith: "The transition is always difficult - you grieve what you've lived." Photo: Jamila Toderas

When Fred Smith was a toddler growing up in India, he would scoff when his parents tried their Hindi out on him. At three, his Hindi was better than his English, and much better than his diplomat father's. He was also aware of two very distinct worlds in his very young life: that of the domestic servants, and that of his family.

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