Afghan Students in Pakistan Seek Taliban Embassy’s Support for Visa Renewals

87 Afghan students in Pakistan are seeking assistance from the Taliban embassy to renew their student visas. The Supreme Court of Islamabad has examined this request.

Request for Afghan Students’ Visa Renewal

Afghan students currently in Pakistan on student visas have appealed to the Supreme Court of Islamabad for help in obtaining assistance from the Taliban embassy for the renewal of their visas.

Remarks by Judge Khadim Hussain Soomro

According to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, Judge Khadim Hussain Soomro stated that the Afghan embassy should collaborate with the Pakistani embassy on this matter. The 87 students entered Pakistan in 2023 on one-year visas.

Demands of Afghan Students

These students are currently focused on renewing their student visas and maintaining their residency status in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the Taliban government in Afghanistan has yet to respond to this situation.

Impact of Afghan Migrant Expulsions

In recent weeks, both Pakistan and Iran have been implementing stringent policies regarding Afghan migrants. Statistics from the International Organization for Migration indicate that over one hundred thousand Afghans have been repatriated from these two countries to Afghanistan in the past month. This situation could adversely affect Afghan students and other migrants.