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Top: Regional: Asia: Afghanistan: Education:

• - The BBC's Alan Johnston reports from Kabul University, where an old accordion has become a symbol of the resilience of Afghanistan's academic elite.
  
• - A report on the current situation of the University and the problems students are facing.
  
• - The organisation promotes the establishment of vocational schools to teach practical skills needed for trades and small businesses. Short information and contact address.
  
• - The "Association of American University Presses" offers information on how to help rebuild the university.
  
• - The center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is exclusively concerned with Afghanistan affairs. Objectives, accomplishments, resources and publications.
  
• - The BBC's Alan Johnston looks at a university on its knees, haunted by memories of a happier past, when it was one of Asia's finest.
  
• - The BBC's Kate Clark reports that six schools run by a Turkish Islamic group, rare centres of educational excellence in Afghanistan, have been shut down.
  
• - Non-profit group based in Portland, Oregon, committed to building and maintaining schools in Sheen Kallay, Helmund province. Includes an archive with reports, photos and videos.
  
• - Virtual home of the school which was built in 1964 and doesn't exist anymore. News, multimedia library, directory with member addresses, chat and links.
  
• - Young Aghans are eager to learn in spite of a book and schoolroom shortage, but their unpaid teachers leave the profession, reports Rahimullah Samandar for IWPR.