Hundreds of Afghan students will study in Rwanda.

Hundreds of Afghan schoolgirls will be moved to Rwanda following Taliban insurgents’ control of their country.

On Tuesday, Shabana Basij-Rasikh, the founder of the privately-run School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA), stated that some 250 students, teachers, and family members were on their way to Rwanda through Qatar to begin a “semester abroad for our entire student body.”

Rwanda’s education ministry sent out a statement to the SOLA community welcoming them to the country:

The school’s founder stated that they wanted to relocate for only a semester and then return to Afghanistan as soon as the situation permitted.

Afghans have been fleeing their nation in droves, fearful of living under Taliban rule, and tens of thousands have been airlifted to neighboring countries.

The Taliban retook full control of Afghanistan more than a week ago, after enforcing a harsh form of Islamic law when they ruled the country before 2001.