US Embassy announces exchange programmes

KABUL (Pajhwok): The US embassy in Kabul on Wednesday announced the open application season for three government-sponsored academic exchange opportunities for qualified Afghans during the 2016-17 academic year.

A statement from the US Embassy said that the April 1, 2015, applications would be accepted for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, the Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program, and the Afghan Junior Faculty Development Program.

The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings accomplished mid-career professionals with demonstrated leadership potential to the US for ten months of graduate-level non-degree academic coursework and professional development activities.

The rigorous selection process, according to the statement, is transparent, entirely merit based, and managed by American staff at the US. Embassy.

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