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Home / Regional / Asia / Afghanistan / Education
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- Afghan Civil Society - The organisation promotes the establishment of vocational schools to teach practical skills needed for trades and small businesses. Short information and contact address.
www.afghancivilsociety.org
- Afghanistan: Education System - Information on higher education in the country. Last update 1998 [RTF-file].
www.unesco.org/iau/cd-data/af.rtf
- American International School of Kabul - Virtual home of the school which was built in 1964 and doesn´t exist anymore. News, multimedia library, directory with member addresses, chat and links.
www.sonic.net/~geronimo/aisk.html
- Center for Afghanistan Studies - The center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is exclusively concerned with Afghanistan affairs. Objectives, accomplishments, resources and publications.
www.unomaha.edu/~world/cas/cas.html
- Donating Books to Kabul University - The "Association of American University Presses" offers information on how to help rebuild the university.
aaupnet.org/news/kabul.html
- Harsh Lessons at Balkh University - A report on the current situation of the University and the problems students are facing.
www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/arr/arr_200208_24_4_eng.txt
- Oxfam's Winter Schools - British-based charity Oxfam is trucking schoolbooks from Kabul to central Afghanistan to help teach 10,000 children who would not otherwise get schooling.
www.oxfam.org.uk/whatnew/press/afghan8.htm
- Salary Scandal Shuts Schools - Young Aghans are eager to learn in spite of a book and schoolroom shortage, but their unpaid teachers leave the profession, reports Rahimullah Samandar for IWPR.
www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/arr/arr_200208_24_3_eng.txt
- Studying History at Kabul University - The BBC's Alan Johnston looks at a university on its knees, haunted by memories of a happier past, when it was one of Asia's finest.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1712000/1712607.stm
- Taleban Shuts more Afghan Schools - The BBC's Kate Clark reports that six schools run by a Turkish Islamic group, rare centres of educational excellence in Afghanistan, have been shut down.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1336000/1336472.stm
- Tunes of Hope at Kabul University - The BBC's Alan Johnston reports from Kabul University, where an old accordion has become a symbol of the resilience of Afghanistan's academic elite.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1694000/1694972.stm
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