Afghan college students protest outdoors Indian Embassy in Kabul towards delay in receiving e-visas

After the Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan, Afghan college students enrolled in Indian institutes are nonetheless awaiting the issuance of visas to allow them to proceed their schooling. The college students protested outdoors the Indian Embassy in Kabul and requested the Indian govt to concern e-visas on the earliest.

The college students appealed to the Indian authorities to concern E-visas to college students protecting in thoughts their schooling (Photo: India Today)

Hundreds of Afghan college students staged a protest in entrance of the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Wednesday and requested the Indian authorities to concern digital visas for them to permit them to proceed their schooling.

With the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, Afghan college students enrolled in Indian universities nonetheless await the issuance of visas in order that they’ll return to India. More than 2,500 college students from completely different components of Afghanistan are unable to hitch offline courses at Indian schools and universities.

The college students have urged the Indian authorities to expedite the issuance of visas to these college students who’re in Afghanistan. Taliban fighters entered the capital Kabul on August 15, 2021, and the Afghan authorities collapsed.

Protesting outdoors the Indian Embassy in Kabul, the scholars appealed to the Indian authorities to concern E-visas to college students protecting in thoughts their schooling.

STUDENTS AWAIT VISAS

Obaidullah Nasi, a Phd scholar of Jammia Millia instructed 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 cancelled 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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