PESHAWAR (Syed Kashifuddin): Pakistan airlifted 1100 stranded students from Afghanistan, and 947 more would be brought back home before Eidul-fitr.
The process of repatriation of Pakistani students studying in Afghanistan has accelerated, under which 1100 students reached Pakistan by air yesterday.
According to sources, due to the closure of border routes, these students were brought back in different stages, while 947 other students are likely to reach home before Eid.
Sources further said most of the returning students belong to the tribal areas and different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and these students were studying in medical colleges in Kabul and Jalalabad.
In the initial stage, more than 250 students have already reached Pakistan through the border, while the students who were shifted from Islamabad to Peshawar yesterday left for their native areas.
According to the students, their other colleagues will also return home in all four stages. The arrangements have been made for the safe transportation of all students. All students are expected to return home before Eid, which will reduce educational and parental concerns in the province.
