Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: The press office of the Afghan embassy in Islamabad said in a press release that Maulvi Sardar Ahmad Shakib, the ambassador of the Islamic Emirate in Islamabad, met with Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad, the head of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
The Afghan embassy in Islamabad says that in this meeting, the two sides discussed the problems of Afghan students in the areas of scholarship awards, study visas, dormitories, short-term courses and registration of new students.
The Pakistani government annually awards hundreds of free and semi-free scholarships to Afghan students in the country.