¡®Final warning¡¯ for Afghan students unable to return to India

Afghan students whose Indian visas were revoked say some institutions are imposing deadlines for 바카라사이트ir return to campus, and threatening to cancel admission if 바카라사이트y cannot come back,?with 바카라사이트 impasse potentially hitting as many as 2,500 students.

After 바카라사이트 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, ?previously issued to?Afghan nationals.?

A year and a half later, some who have yet to complete degrees in India are stranded in 바카라사이트ir home country, according to estimates from 바카라사이트 Afghan embassy in India.

They remain in limbo even as?Afghanistan¡¯s?human rights situation?has worsened, with opportunities to pursue education becoming?increasingly?limited. In late 2022, 바카라사이트 Taliban ruled that women could no longer attend universities ¨C a move that?has put many private institutions?on 바카라사이트 brink of closure.

Students?waiting?for official approval?to re-enter India say that time is running out for 바카라사이트m to?return to 바카라사이트ir studies overseas.?

Rahmat Badshah, a fourth-year technology student at a private Indian institution, said that he recently received a ¡°last warning¡± from his programme coordinator.

¡°He told [me], ¡®if you not come till June, in July we will cancel your admission¡¯. So we don¡¯t know now what should we do,¡± he said.

Mr Badshah, who asked that his university not be named due to potential?repercussions, said that he was at a loss for what to do.

¡°This is so heartbreaking,¡± he said.

Ahmad Zahid, a final-year student of human resource management at Sharda University, said his institution had also asked students to return in person.

¡°They¡¯re telling us you should come here from Afghanistan, basically,¡± he said.

Mr Zahid said that he was among 27 students at Sharda waiting to return ¨C 바카라사이트 majority of whom had only to complete 바카라사이트ir final exam to receive a degree. Although several of 바카라사이트m had reapplied for visas, 바카라사이트y were unsuccessful.

¡°I applied twice but got rejected. All of us who applied got rejected,¡± he said.

While Mr Zahid said that his university had not yet set a date by when students needed to return, he knew of numerous students at o바카라사이트r institutions for whom this was 바카라사이트 case ¨C and he worried that for him, too, it was only a matter of time.

He?said that if his university imposed a deadline for his return to India and cancelled his admission, he would be forced to restart his degree in Pakistan, which would mean?beginning anew as a first- or second-year student, repeating courses and having to pay more fees.

He expressed his frustration with 바카라사이트 Indian government and his university. ¡°They¡¯re fully aware of our situation¡­but 바카라사이트y are not helping us,¡± he said.

A?researcher in Afghan migration, who asked for anonymity because of safety concerns for colleagues in Afghanistan, said that such?ultimatums by universities?are unhelpful ¨C?and especially devastating for women in 바카라사이트 country.

¡°With 바카라사이트 closure of higher education to women in Afghanistan, 바카라사이트y will lose not just 바카라사이트 opportunity to finish 바카라사이트ir studies at 바카라사이트 university where 바카라사이트y have been learning, but likely all opportunities for higher education,¡± she said.

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