Moscow to Request Flights for Afghan Students Permitted to Study in Russia: Embassy

Moscow to Request Flights for Afghan Students Permitted to Study in Russia: Embassy
The Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed in Moscow’s Red Square, Russia. Baturina Yuliya/Shutterstock
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MOSCOW—The Russian government will request flights out of Afghanistan in September for Afghan students who are planning to study in Russia, the embassy said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan could stop hundreds of Afghans from taking up university places in Russia or continuing with classes that have moved online during the coronavirus pandemic, students said last week.