After the Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan, Afghan students enrolled in Indian institutes are still awaiting the issuance of visas so they can continue their education. The students protested outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul and requested the Indian government to issue e-visas at the earliest.
The students appealed to the Indian government to issue E-visas to students keeping in mind their education (Photo: India Today)
Hundreds of Afghan students staged a protest in front of the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Wednesday and requested the Indian government to issue electronic visas for them to allow them to continue their education.
With the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, Afghan students enrolled in Indian universities still await the issuance of visas so that they can return to India. More than 2,500 students from different parts of Afghanistan are unable to join offline classes at Indian colleges and universities.
The students have urged the Indian government to expedite the issuance of visas to those students who are in Afghanistan. Taliban fighters entered the capital Kabul on August 15, 2021and the Afghan government collapsed.
Protesting outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul, the students appealed to the Indian government to issue E-visas to students keeping in mind their education.
STUDENTS AWAIT VISAS
Obaidullah Nasi, a Phd student of Jammia Millia told India Today,”The world knows about the situation in Afghanistan and Visa is an issue. For the past eight months, around 2,500 students are stuck in Afghanistan and the Indian government has canceled the visas of Afghan students.”
“When the announcement for an e-visa was made, we had applied for the same seven months but we are yet to receive a response. Our university is taking offline classes but we are not able to come to India and attend classes,” he added.
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