Baghlan University
University in Baghlan, Afghanistan
Baghlan University (Dari: پوهنتون بغلان; Pashto: د بغلان پوهنتون) is a public university in Puli Khumri, which is the capital of Baghlan Province in northern Afghanistan. It was established in 1993 as Hakim Naser Khesraw University but closed down during the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001). The university resumed operation in 2003 during the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan. Since 2007 the university has been rebuilt and expanded.
Baghlan University is under Afghanistan's Ministry of Higher Education, considered as one of the 5 best universities in the country.
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