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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mirwais Balkhi, former education minister & diplomat, says Taliban 'gradually ruining country’s education ecosystem', is facing resistance from women and ethnic, religious groups.
Indian refiners are testing Venezuelan barrels again as Russian supply sinks, but analysts say volumes will remain limited due to refinery constraints & supply capacity.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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