India denies extension in Afghan students’ visa

ISLAMABAD - India is denying hundreds of Afghan students studying in its universities an extension in their visas raising fears about their legal status in the host country. According to media reports, about 21,000 Afghan citizens had settled in India including 11,000 asylum seekers, but they were not included in the category of refugees. In the year 2022, India, despite knowing that hundreds of Afghan students were studying in its universities had rescinded their visas. Few days back, a large number of Afghan students had also staged a protest in New Delhi for extension of their stay and resumption of their studies. The students are neither getting scholarships nor permission to work in India, media reports further added.