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Pakistan: Afghan Students With Valid Visas Can Continue Their Studies
DID Press: Sajjad Haider Khan, spokesperson for Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, has said Afghanistan is not an “enemy country” and that Afghan students holding valid legal documents and visas can remain in Pakistan and continue their studies. In his first weekly…
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Pashtun National Jirga Calls for Afghan Students to Continue Studies in Pakistan
DID Press: Pashtun National Jirga has called on the Pakistani government to reverse its decision to expel Afghan students from universities and hostels and allow them to continue their education in the country. In a post on its X account,…
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Afghanistan Embassy Protests Expulsion of Medical Students from Pakistan
DID Press: Afghanistan Embassy in Islamabad has condemned the decision by Pakistan’s medical council to expel Afghan medical students and called for the immediate suspension of the process and intervention by international organizations. In a statement, the Afghan Embassy in…
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World Literacy Day: Afghanistan’s Education System Under Taliban Restrictions
DID Press: International Literacy Day is being observed on September 8 as Afghanistan’s education system faces a series of deepening challenges. Alongside poverty, inadequate facilities and weak educational quality, restrictive Taliban policies—particularly those affecting girls and women—have added further pressure…
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Taliban to Establish Aerospace Faculty at Kabul Polytechnic University
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education has announced plans to establish an Aerospace Faculty at Kabul Polytechnic University, describing it as the first such faculty in Afghanistan’s higher education system. According to the ministry, the faculty will operate at…
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Iran Moves to Keep Afghan Children With Residency Problems in School
DID Press: Iranian authorities in Razavi Khorasan Province say they are working to ensure Afghan children can continue their education even when their residency documents face problems, including through temporary permits to prevent interruptions in schooling. Amirollah Shamdqari, deputy governor…
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Taliban: More Than 10 Million People Are Receiving Education in Afghanistan
DID Press: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid says more than 10 million students across Afghanistan are currently receiving education at schools, universities and other educational institutions. Mujahid made the remarks during the fourth press briefing of the “Government in the Mirror…
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Educational Supplies Distributed to 405,000 Students in Herat
DID Press: The distribution of educational supply packages to approximately 405,000 students in grades one through six has begun in schools across Herat city and surrounding districts. The assistance, prepared at a cost of more than 142 million Afghanis, includes…
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Taliban: Afghanistan Will Soon No Longer Need Foreign Professors
DID Press: Neda Mohammad Nadeem, the Taliban’s Minister of Higher Education, has said that expanding postgraduate programs inside Afghanistan will help develop the country’s academic and technical workforce and eventually reduce its dependence on foreign professors. During a visit to…
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Ghazni Students Fund and Equip Computer Lab at Their School
DID Press: Students at Shams-ul-Arifeen High School in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province have established a fully equipped computer lab through their own contributions, providing 22 computers, desks, chairs and a projector at a cost of 500,000 afghanis. Mia Gul Sediq, a…
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