Afghan scholars on a prestigious Foreign Office scheme have described their delight at landing in the UK, after the government U-turned on a decision to suspend their studies.
The Chevening scholarships fund one-year masters courses for outstanding individuals from around the world. Among its 50,000 alumni are 18 current or former heads of state, and recipients are personally selected by embassies and high commissions.
Karim Sorush, 25, from Kabul, has applied for the scholarship every year since 2018.
Finally this year he was granted a place to study Energy and Sustainability with Electrical Power Engineering at Southampton University.
But on August 6, he and the other Chevening scholars were told the programme had been cancelled for the year, because the embassy in Kabul could not
