Afghan girl students remain persistent to purse education from India
'we want to go to India ,' say Afghan girl students who want to escape Taliban
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Taliban's decision to not conduct dasses of girl students above sixth grade in high schools in Afghanistan has worried many Afghan girl students who have taken admissions in various Indian universities and are atten-dina online dasses for the same due to not receiving visas from India to travel there for the same.
Mahnaz Azizi, a student pursuing MBA from Ganga Institute of Technology and Management, is currently in her third semester and wants the Indian government to renew her visa, which expired on March 9, 2021.
"We are facing more limitations and witnessing the damping down of our rights on a daily basis. Currently, our dasses are online but due to issues with the internet in Afghanistan we constantly face problems. We also don't have any entertainment programmes that can be watched. A national TV channel pronounced as Melle is broadcasted and they rebroadcast archives from years ago," said Mahnaz who likes to watch series and shows. She added that her family doesn't have any significant source of income for the time being.
Another student, Nizakat Hassani, who enrolled herself in Fergusson College, Pune University womes about her college turning to offline mode for the last semester. "We can't go to schools, aren't allowed to go work, can't travel alone. Our future is pretty bleak and my only hope is that the Indian government comes to our rescue and issues visas for us," said Nizakat. She continued that despite girl students not being allowed to come for protests, they showed courage and will to fight for their rights publicly.
Afghan girl students in India feel safe but lack financial security. Some Afghan girl students who live and study in India say that while they feel much safer to be in the country rather than home, other troubles haunt them.
"I don't want to go to Afghanistan considering the current situation but I am not able to pay the expenses of my University. I am alone in India and don't live with my family," said Marwa Jaan, a student from Lovely Professional University in Punjab who is pursuing her MA in Political Science. "My mother used to work as a teacher before the Taliban took over the country but she still manages to send me money every now and then. I have also written to the Afghanistan Embassy in India on waiving my fees partially or fully." urged Marwa, who has also applied for her visa extension.
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