Afghan students allowed to study in two schools in Pak border area
peshawar — Afghan Students residing in bordering areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday were allowed by Pakistani authorities to take admission in two schools of Landikotal in Khyber Agency.
Talking to the media at Khyber Rifle Headquarters in Landikotal, Commandant Umar Farroq said the decision to allow admissions to Afghan students has been taken on the instructions of Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa.
“The initiative was a goodwill gesture on our part and taken without any compulsion with an aim to promote and strengthen relations between the two neighbouring countries”, he said.
He said that a special Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) card has been issued to the intending Afghan students that would only be readable by a special kiosk established to monitor entry and exit of these students at Torkhan border post. All the required assistance has been provided by Nadra and FIA for the staff concerned to assist the students.
He said the card is blank but embedded with coded information that is only be readable by the specialised software installed at Torkham post adding it would prevent misuse of card by unauthorised person.
All our efforts were meant to ensure security of students and people at Torkham crossing which was the largest pedestrian entry point from Afghanistan.
Khyber Rifles Commandant said that so far 40 Afghan students have been allowed admission in two selected schools of Bacha Mena and we were expecting 250 students to apply for admission. — APP