Establishing Academic Structures in Computer Science at Herat University

The students of computer science at Herat University have even fought for their right to study, young women as well as Their yearning for education was the driving force for the establishment of their own Faculty of Computer Science. Up to eighteen hours a day they were busy in completing the mere shell of a building where they might pursue their studies and acquire an understanding of computer science. Some of them are used to walk up to three hours just to reach the university. Yet, a long-term guarantee of continued courses is still not in sight. This report therefore does not only mean to give an account of the past accomplishments in reconstruction. It also aims to call upon the international community not to ignore these students, but to support them in a sustainable manner and to preserve their present access to higher education.