Kabul University

Kabul University
کابل پوهنتون/پوهنتون کابل
MottoExcellence in Service to Afghanistan
EstablishedNovember 1932 (92 years ago) (1932-11)
ChancellorOsama Aziz[1]
Students22,000
Location
Kabul
,
Afghanistan
NicknameKU
Websitewww.ku.edu.af

Kabul University (KU; دکابل پوهنتون/پوهنتون کابل)[2][3][4] is one of the major and oldest institutions of higher education in Afghanistan. It is in the 3rd District of the capital Kabul near the Ministry of Higher Education. It was founded in 1931 by King Mohammed Nadir Shah, whose prime minister at the time was his younger brother, Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan. Approximately 22,000 students attend Kabul University. In August 2021, before the Taliban takeover, nearly half were female.[5]

Since December 2022, Kabul University has been closed to women, like other public universities in Afghanistan, to comply with the Taliban's education ban on women.[6][7]In March 2023, women protested outside of the university's entrance by reading their books.[6]

  1. ^ Qazi, Shereena (4 November 2021). "Who replaced the Taliban-appointed head of Kabul University?". Who replaced the Taliban-appointed head of Kabul University?. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. ^ Wiegand, Wayne A.; Davis, Donald G. Jr., eds. (1994). Encyclopedia of Library History. Garland Publishing, Inc. p. 18. ISBN 978-1135787578. The major academic libraries were established at the Kabul University, Pohantoon-e- Kabul (1932), and the (...)
  3. ^ International Handbook of Universities. Macmillan Publishers Limited. 1993. p. 1. ISBN 9781561591008. Pohantoon-e-Kabul. Aliabad, Kabul President: (...)
  4. ^ "نمایشگاه هنری شبکه‌کاری و معرق‌کاری اسلامی در دانشگاه کابل تدویر یافت | Kabul University". www.ku.edu.af. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Resignations follow Taliban pick to run top Afghan university". www.science.org. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b Yeung, Ehsan Popalzai,Shafi Kakar,Niamh Kennedy,Jessie (7 March 2023). "Afghan women protest outside Kabul University as male students return to class". CNN. Retrieved 3 November 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says". AP News. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2024.