One year ago, a group of 19 student doctors arrived in Edinburgh from Kabul. Here, they talk about their experiences and hopes for the future

The Linda Norgrove Foundation gives grants to fund education, health and childcare for women and children affected by the war in Afghanistan.

A year ago 19 female medical students arrived in Scotland from Afghanistan to complete their studies. Today many of them attended a reception invited by UK Government Minister, Kirsty McNeill to Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh. The women had to end their education in Afghanistan owing to restrictions imposed by the Taliban, but now they have completed a year of studying medicine at five Scottish universities - Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews.

Omulbanin Sultani was among a group of Afghan medical students able to continue their studies in Scotland after the Taliban seized control of the country.

John and Lorna Norgrove have been made OBEs.

یک سفر ناتمام: یک شب همبستگی با زنان افغان نمایش فیلم • بحث پنل • غذاهای افغانی با ما بپیوندید برای یک شب قدرتمند که به شجاعت، استقامت و مبارزات مداوم زنان

Women's Studies: How 19 female medical students brought from Afghanistan to Scotland became a symbol of hope

The BBC is spending the day with women across Afghanistan to understand what their lives look like under the Taliban government.

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Nineteen talented Afghan women, whose university educatio...