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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicAfghan students

Topic: Afghan students

Afghan college students stage protest, urge India to extend visas and restart scholarships

Kumar Tuhin, director general (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs, said no student would be forced to leave India against their wishes, adding scholarships issue will be resolved.

SubscriberWrites: Taliban must recognize education as key to sustainable peace in Afghanistan

It is incumbent on the international community to support education programs in Afghanistan & encourage the govt to fund education for women, writes Meladul Haq Ahmadzai.

Dropping semesters to selling tea, Afghan students in India are struggling to survive

With Taliban in power back home, visa rules that prohibit working, and scholarships drying up, Afghan students in a limbo. Indian friends are helping, but they can only do so much.

India-Afghanistan ties under strain over Delhi’s silence on students’ visa renewal

Indian universities are threatening Afghan students they will cancel their seats if they don't return to classes. But India isn't renewing their visas.

19 killed in suicide bomb blast at tutoring centre in Shiite area of Kabul, police say

A Taliban source said 33 had been killed, including many female students. Many of those living in the area where the blast occurred are Hazara, an ethnic mostly Shiite Muslim minority.

Taliban won’t last long like last time, resistance on the rise, says Afghan ex-minister Balkhi

Mirwais Balkhi, former education minister & diplomat, says Taliban 'gradually ruining country’s education ecosystem', is facing resistance from women and ethnic, religious groups.

Can’t return to Taliban, can’t stay in uncertainty in India—Afghan students’ woes only rise

With the ICCR refusing scholarships to Afghan students, the latter are relying on personal funds to study in India. But friends can't guarantee jobs.

‘What about my future?’ — Afghan students on Indian grant caught between Taliban & visa rules

For the 2021-22 academic session, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has granted scholarships to 650 Afghan students. 

400 calls in 15 days: Pune helpline comes to rescue of Afghan students after Taliban takeover

Afghan students are calling/texting Pune NGO's helpline for aid with visa extensions, educational and financial needs, or just for a conversation.

On Camera

From Virat & Anushka selling sarias to dentist ads, Bihar walls tell a ‘rurbanisation’ story

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.