Afghanistan, Nov. 9 -- A court in Pakistan's Balochistan province has granted 16 Afghan medical students temporary permission to continue their education and remain in university accommodation until November 24, following a dispute over their visa extensions.
The Balochistan High Court issued the interim order on Sunday, November 8, allowing the students at Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences in Quetta to return to their classrooms and hostels. The court is scheduled to hear the case again on November 24.
Syed Nazir Agha, the lawyer representing the students, welcomed the decision and called on Pakistani authorities to extend their visas. Agha said the students had completed between one and three years of medical education but...