Afghan students studying in Kazakhstan may be able to continue their studies at universities of Europe and the United States

Astana. September 26. Silkroadnews - As reported by the special envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Timur Orazaev Afghan students studying in intergovernmental program in Kazakhstan may be able to continue their studies at universities in Europe and the United States, reports KazTAG.
"We are still working on the question of continuing education of these students after Kazakh universities to obtain various degrees of Master, PhD with our European and American partners, and now also expect these issues to continue the education of these students. We define the "best of the best", it will not be a lot, but really the best of these students who might be able to continue their education elsewhere in the European or American universities in order to receive a logical extension and become an integral part of a global educational process for Afghan students, "- said T. Orazaev at a briefing on Friday.
T. Orazaev said that further training in European and American universities of Afghan students from Kazakhstan will be financed bo hosting country.
He said that the Afghan side is so grateful to Kazakhstan for such assistance that Afghanistan has repeatedly raised the issue of the possibility of extending the program.
In turn, Director of International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Education and Science Akerke Ablaikhan confirmed that Afghanistan has repeatedly appealed to Kazakhstan for an extension of the program.
However, it did not specify the possible number of Afghan students who will be able to start a new program to study in Kazakhstan, saying only that it will not be less than 1 thousand students.
As part of the program from 2010 to 2020, about 1 thousand Afghan citizens will receive training in Kazakh universities. Currently, the total number of Afghan students in Kazakhstan is more than 800. The total cost of the program is $50 million.