January 15, 1999
Kabul U. Struggles Amid the Ruins
The campus, ravaged by civil war, is now hamstrung by new laws as well as poverty
A faded poster depicting a land mine and a legless child hangs ominously from the twisted metal gate leading into Kabul University. On the campus, bearded students bicycle to class along bombed-out pathways, weaving their way around rifle-toting guards.
The university, founded as a medical school in 1932, was once a source of enormous pride for
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