With Afghanistan in turmoil following the Taliban takeover, Pune-primarily based NGO Sarhad, which works for college students residing in battle zones, has stated it might “adopt” 1,000 Afghan college students till the situation stabilised their country. Sarhad founder Sanjay Nahar stated he had written to Prime Minister Modi on the matter.
“After Delhi, Maharashtra and mainly Pune, has the most important populace of Afghan nationals, maximum of whom are college students whilst others are professionals. While we've introduced that we might be imparting for the education, preservation and livelihoods of 1,000 college students, the challenge of choosing college students lies with the Central government. Accordingly, we've written to the Prime Minister looking for permission and cooperation to expedite aid,” stated Mr Nahar.
Since the Afghan problem is politically sensitive, the NGO couldn't pick college students without the Central government’s permission, he stated. “Without the choice of college students, the humanitarian paintings we need to adopt can't materialise. We aren't requesting any economic help from the Centre, however, an extrude in policy,” he stated, watching that the Afghan consulate in Mumbai had performed little so far to assist its college students.
Sarhad stated that it might additionally be assisting Afghan college students dealing with visa problems.
Sarhad has started depositing small sums of ₹5,000 and above into the debts of college students who aren't being subsidized via way of means of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). The Sikh network could be imparting the scholars followed via way of means of Sarhad with scholarships named after Guru Tegh Bahadur, Mr Nahar stated.