Reprieve for Afghan Women Students Facing Forced Return after US Aid Cuts
Yogita Limaye | 19 March 2025 | BBC
More than 80 Afghan women studying in Oman on US-funded scholarships - terminated last month due to Trump administration's sweeping cuts to foreign aid - have received a temporary reprieve.
A US State Department spokesperson has told the BBC that funding will continue until 30 June, 2025.
"This is great news, and we are very grateful," one student told the BBC, speaking anonymously for fear of reprisals. "But I hope there will be a permanent solution."…