Takhar University
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Former names | Abdullah Ibn Massoud University |
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| Type | Government |
| Established | 1955 |
| Vice-Chancellor | Associate Prof. Saduddin Saidi |
| Rector | Assistant Prof. Khairuddin Khairkhah |
| Location | , تخار , 36°43′52″N 69°32′24″E / 36.73118°N 69.539967°E |
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Takhar University (Dari: دانشگاه تخار ، Pashto: د تخار پوهنتون ) was a university established by Afghanistan by former president Burhanuddin Rabbani in 1991 in Peshawar, Pakistan under the name of "Abdullah Ibn Massoud", and it was transferred to Taloqan in 1993. By 1994 it was registered in the Ministry of Higher Education and in the same year it started its academic activities, establishing two faculties (law and agriculture).[1][2]
Divisions
[edit]- Agriculture Faculty
- Education Faculty
- Engineering Faculty
- Languages and Literature Faculty
- Medicine Faculty
- Theology Faculty[3]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Zholia Parsi, human rights activist.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Takhar University". free-apply. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ "Takhar University". Unipage. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ "[Takhar University]". University24K. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ Küper Büsch, Sabine (2024-09-01). "Zholia Parsi: The Taliban's prisons are like Hell". Kite Runner. Archived from the original on 2025-08-03. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ^ "Martin Ennals Foundation Honors Afghan Women's Rights Activist Zholia Parsi". Freedom Now. 2024-11-19. Archived from the original on 2025-08-26. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
