On February 21st, the Harvard Veterans Alumni Organization (HVA0) partnered with Friends of the American University of Afghanistan to host a panel titled “Education and Security: The Keys to Afghanistan’s Future”. The panel allowed for an engaging discussion between experts in the fields of education, defense, and development. The discussion was moderated by Morgan Ortagus. […]

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Sharif Fayez, an Afghan-American poet and academic who defined the post-9/11 structure of higher education in Afghanistan as a government minister, who went on to establish the American University of Afghanistan, passed away on February 8th in Kabul. He was 73. His death at his beloved institution, the American University of Afghanistan, was confirmed by […]

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Press Release Kabul, Afghanistan AUAF is pleased to announce the establishment of Yalda Hakim’s Scholarship Program at the American University of Afghanistan. The scholarship will serve Afghan women who have the merit but not the means to pursue their higher education. The announcement was made by Ms. Yalda Hakim during her recent visit to the […]

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DESPITE IT BEING a particularly warm afternoon, the halls of the Queen’s Palace in the Babur Gardens of Kabul were filled with light chatter. The bright May sunshine did not seem to have deterred the students, visiting from a local university, who moved slowly through its long corridors, carefully inspecting one display after another, engaging in […]

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