Nangarhar University
university in Afghanistan
Nangarhar University (Pashto: د ننګرهار پوهنتون; Dari: پوهنتون ننگرهار) is the largest public university in Jalalabad, which is the capital of Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan. The university is under the control of the Ministry of Higher Education, which is headquartered in Kabul. Its current chancellor is Sheikh Inamullah Madani. His predecessor was Dr. Khalil Ahmad Mahmoud Behsudwal.
Nangarhar University is one of the oldest and the second largest university in Afghanistan. It has 13 colleges and 15,385 students. The university was established in 1963 as a medical college. It was later merged with other local colleges to become a full-fledged university. It now houses faculties in agriculture, engineering, literature, economic, medicine, theology, pedagogy, public administration and policy, political science and veterinary medicine.
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