Kandahar University (KDRU; ; ) is located in the north-western section of

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, next to the Lowala neighborhood. Established during the

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in 1990, it is one of the largest

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in the country. It is under the Ministry of Higher Education, which is headquartered in

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. The university was expanded in the last two decades with many new buildings and facilities being added. It also has a large library and a multipurpose

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ground. A 25 million afghanis development work on the university's campus is ongoing, which includes adding roads and sidewalks, and improving the overall landscape.

Chancellors

Toryalai Wesa, an Afghan Canadian who returned from Canada to Afghanistan and served as the governor of Kandahar Province from 2008 to 2014, was the first

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of Kandahar University. He was replaced by Hazrat Mir Totakhail. The current chancellor is Mohammad Ikram Shah Asim, who replaced Dr. Abdul Wahid Waseeq after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan returned to power.

Faculties

The following faculties are available at KDRU: # Computer science # Economics # Education # Engineering # Journalism and public relations # Language and literature # Law and political science # Master of public health # Medical # Pharmacy # Public administration and policy # Sharia Law

Allama Habibi Library

The Allama Habibi Library, which is named in honor of Abdul Hai Habibi, has a large collection of books. It is equipped with

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. File:KULibrary.jpg, Inside the Allama Habibi Library File:Afghan man reading Wikipedia article in Kandahar.jpg, Student using the

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in 2010 File:KUmedical.jpg, A first year medical student gives his lecture Student viewing Wikipedia pages at the IT room in Kandahar University File:DeanAgr.JPG, Dean of Agriculture faculty (left) receives books of The hostel area in 2009 File:KandaharUniversity-Mosque-2005.JPEG, The mosque that was originally built under Mullah Omar in the late 1990s

Notable alumni

Notable graduates and former faculty of Kandahar University include: * Nemat Rawan, former anchor at ''TOLOnews'' and a media official at the Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan), Ministry of Finance

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