Scholarships aid displaced Afghan students

(23 Jul 2023) ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona - 21 April 2023 1. Afghan students walking 2. Arizona State University wide 3. ASU logo ANNOTATION: Arizona State University has taken over 60 students who fled the Taliban in Afghanistan. ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona - 20 April 2023 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Pam DeLargy, Executive Director of Education for Humanity. “I think they doing remarkably well, given that they were uprooted from their homes and from their families in a very difficult situation. The evacuation itself was pretty frightening for all of them.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona - 21 April 2023 5. Fahima Sultani taking a test ANNOTATION: Fahima Sultani is one of the students who escaped Afghanistan as it fell under Taliban rule. 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student “I wanted to get out of Afghanistan to be able to continue my education, but also one of the hardest because I left back, I left my relatives, my siblings, my parents all behind. Everything that I had there.” ++FULLY COVERED++ 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student “One night that we were trying to get into the airport they stopped our bus” ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Kabul, Afghanistan – 31 August 2021 8. Wide Kabul airport 9. Zoom Kabul airport entrance ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona - 21 April 2023 ++FULLY COVERED++ 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student “Two to three members of Taliban came even inside the bus with the big guns in their hands, said, 'No Bangladesh, no education. Go back home. Go back home.'” ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Kabul, Afghanistan – 31 August 2021 11. Kalashnikov rifle close up 12. 3 men with various firearms 13. Man watching traffic with a PMK 14. Man walking at traffic with a PMK ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe , Arizona - 21 April 2023 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student “I didn't go home.” 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student “I went back on the bus. And that night we spent the whole night just circling around the airport. And finally around. Four or 5 a.m. in the morning, we could finally get into there.” ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Kabul, Afghanistan – 15 February 2022 17. Taliban road stop. 18. Zoom Taliban road stop. ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Kabul, Afghanistan – 21 August 2021 19. Empty airport terminal 20. Walking shot of airport ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe , Arizona - 21 April 2023 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student “Most of the time when I feel down and when I'm sad, I just call one of my friends, my Afghan friends, and we gather to cook something and we just sit down and talk. And that is good. That gives me so much relief and I'm so refreshed after that.” 22. Fahima Sultani in class ANNOTATION: Fahima Sultani is studying for a degree in business. 23. SOUNDBITE (English) Erin Tamayo, Program Coordinator Afghan AUW Student Program “Most of the time when I feel down and when I'm sad, I just call one of my friends, my Afghan friends, and we gather to cook something and we just sit down and talk. And that is good. That gives me so much relief and I'm so refreshed after that. “ 24. ASU sign ANNOTATION: One of the Afghan students at ASU graduated this spring with a masters in finance. STORYLINE: Those fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept back into power two years ago included university students. They worried that the only way they'd be able to continue their education would be to leave their homeland. =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/29ee352db146477f894d0990ef75d139

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