Hamid Samar is a businessman, husband and father. He's also an Afghan refugee temporarily living at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin and getting used to a new life. "We are doing much better and feeling safe," Samar told sister station WISN in a Zoom interview from the military base. "We're really happy. I know what we lost but it's important that we are safe and that my family is safe."Samar, who started Afghanistan's only all-women television station (ZAN TV), describes his life with his four children (ages 16, 15, 13 and 9) and wife at Fort McCoy as being very different. His family shares a room with four other families, and they wait in long lines for food.Samar said he's aware of the complaints of base life, but added that conditions are improving. On Sept. 15, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore sent a letter to the Department of Defense asking for an investigation into how the refugees are being treated. Moore said her office has received complaints about refugees being called animals and that families are lacking basic necessities. "I can tell you, it's my own opinion, and I don't want to speak for anybody else, I didn't come here to have five-star service," Samar said. "The most important thing is that my life and my kids' lives are safe. We should accept the way we left the country. We had only one chance to save our life. They're trying their best to do something for us."Samar has a pending Special Immigrant Visa case and said he worked with American troops. Even so, he told WISN that it was difficult to get out of the country. Samar eventually made it to Qatar, then Germany and finally Wisconsin with only clothes and a pair of shoes. He's not sure what's next or the status of his documentation. Right now, he's trying to somehow get his television station to come back. "Unfortunately, 20 years of achievement we lost in less than 24 hours," Samar said. "Even in the time we were in Afghanistan when the Taliban came in you weren't able to answer the phone because it was a risky situation and dangerous. I was able to move some staff and they're in Canada and into Europe. I'm trying my best because it's especially dangerous in Afghanistan for female journalists."Samar founded the women-run ZAN TV in 2017. At one point, there were 72 women working there. They also started a media academy and journalism center. Samar worked with the British Embassy and other organizations, including international media. ZAN TV won human rights awards for its work. "We had a couple of interviews with the Taliban and the presenter was talking to them and he was against ZAN TV," Samar said. "He said 'a woman TV Station? And tomorrow it will be a man TV station.' They were really against that. The Taliban never change. They have very dark ideas."Even with an unsure future, Samar is hopeful. "It's very difficult but life is always about hope and strong visions," Samar said. "I'm trying my best to become stronger than what I was in the past. I'm trying to motivate my family to be strong and don't think what you were in the past. We lost everything but there might be good things coming in the future if you just try your best and work hard. I'm hopeful I can bring a new life and a new chapter."