[ad_1] New Delhi, India – For two years, Afghan student Yasmeen Azimi has been trying to get a visa to resume her studies in India. But the 22-year-old from Kabul says her visa application has been rejected thrice. Azimi was admitted to a postgraduate programme to study political science at Chandigarh University in northern Punjab state in January 2021 under a scholarship provided by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), an autonomous body under the…
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[ad_1] It was early morning in Kabul, Afghanistan, when Fatima Amiri first heard the gunshots from inside her classroom. She and hundreds of other students had been preparing for college entrance exams at the time, but then the girls began screaming in panic. Amiri swiftly stood up to calm the class down, but when she turned around, she saw a man with a gun deliberately firing at students. “I was afraid; I tried to take…
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[ad_1] Students have returned to Kabul University, among Afghanistan’s oldest and most revered institutions of higher education By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press February 26, 2022, 10:08 AM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article KABUL, Afghanistan — Kabul University, among Afghanistan’s oldest and most revered institutions of higher education, reopened Saturday six months after the Taliban retook the country. There were new restrictions in place, however, including gender segregation and mandatory…
"Afghan students return to Kabul U, but with restrictions"