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Article: Afghan university awaits deliverance; War, Taliban rule leave institution in ruins, despair.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: WESTERN ASIA)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 11, 2002
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Byline: Muzamal Suherwardy, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
JALALABAD, Afghanistan - The view from Nangarhar University overlooking the Kabul River reminds one of Harvard University and its perch along the Charles River near Boston.
But the thought proves fleeting as one sees the ruins of what was once Afghanistan's premier institution of higher education.
After more than two decades of war and years under the rule of semiliterate Taliban mullahs, who had a distaste for formal schooling, only a shell of Nangarhar University remains on the outskirts of Jalalabad.
Electricity and running water are luxuries, available only intermittently. ...