The 19 women are in Scotland after being banned from university in their home country.
Nineteen female medical students banned from attending university in Afghanistan are to complete their studies in Scotland.Lewis-based charity the Linda Norgrove Foundation worked with UK and Scottish governments to arrange visas and places at medical schools.
The foundation was set up in memory of aid worker Linda Norgrove, from Uig in Lewis, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2010. The Scottish government amended student funding regulations which allowed the women to be treated as home students.
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