Afghan President Hamid Karzai shakes hands with students who will be sent to India and Turkey for educational purposes, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, August 14, 2011. Afghan government as part of efforts to encourage students to study overseas and to increase the number of experts in the war-torn country, has allocated 5 million U.S. dollars in the current year, President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday. [Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud]