:Ghazni University
{{Short description|Public university in Ghazni, Afghanistan}}
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| rector = Mohammad Bayer Darmal
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| city = Ghazni
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| address = Qala-e-Jawaz
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Ghazni University is a public university in Ghazni, a city in central Afghanistan. It was established in 2008 and began with two faculties, the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Education. The university's first rector was Ahmad Shah Rafiqi. During its inaugural semester, the university had around 110 students (97 male and 14 female). As of 2019, the university has five faculties and enrolls around 4,000 students, 540 (13.5 percent) of which are women.{{Cite web|title=Study in Ghazni {{!}} 1 university in the list {{!}} Free-Apply.com|url=https://free-apply.com/en/articles/country/1149361/city/1141269|access-date=2021-02-15|website=free-apply.com}}{{Cite web|title=Ghazni University, Ghazni Province - Free-Apply.com|url=https://free-apply.com/en/university/1000400046|access-date=2021-02-15|website=free-apply.com}}
History
The construction of the university was originally supported by the Polish Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and after some time{{weasel inline|date=October 2019}} it was fully supported by the Afghan government. The university gradually expanded and enrolled more students, creating a need for more faculties.{{when|date=October 2019}} Ahmad Shah Rafiqi was replaced by Abdul Qadeer Khamosh around the time of the expansion,{{when|date=October 2019}} and after two years he himself was replaced by Mohammad Bayer Darmal who is the current rector.
A new campus for the university was constructed in the city's eastern quarter.{{when|date=October 2019}} Two more faculties were added, the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Sharia (Islamic law).{{when|date=October 2019}} The Faculty of Literature & Languages was also later added.{{when|date=October 2019}}
On 16 September 2019, a bomb attached to a university minibus exploded, killing one and injuring five.{{cite news |title=Driver Killed, 5 Students Injured In Minibus Blast In Eastern Afghanistan - Authorities |url=https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/driver-killed-5-students-injured-in-minibus-713016.html |accessdate=10 October 2019 |work=UrduPoint |date=16 September 2019 |language=en}} A little over three weeks later on 8 October 2019, a bomb exploded in one of the university's classrooms, injuring at least 19 students.{{cite news |title=Blast inside university classroom injures several Afghan students |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/blast-university-classroom-injures-afghan-students-191008085735833.html |accessdate=10 October 2019 |work=Al Jazeera |date=8 October 2019}}{{cite news |title=Afghanistan: Bomb goes off inside classroom, wounds 19 |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/afghanistan-bomb-goes-off-inside-classroom-wounds-19-1.66988845 |accessdate=10 October 2019 |work=Gulf News |date=8 October 2019 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=At Least 20 Students Wounded In Explosion In Ghazni University|url=https://tolonews.com/afghanistan/least-20-students-wounded-explosion-ghazni-university|access-date=2021-02-15|website=TOLOnews|language=en}}
References
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External links
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{{Afghan universities}}
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Category:Universities in Afghanistan
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