Takhar University

Takhar University (Dari: دانشگاه تخار ، Pashto: د تخار پوهنتون ) was a university established by Afghanistan by former president Burhanuddin Rabbani in 1991 in Peshawar, Pakistan under the name of "Abdullah Ibn Massoud", and it was transferred to Taloqan in 1993. By 1994 it was registered in the Ministry of Higher Education and in the same year it started its academic activities, establishing two faculties (law and agriculture).^[1][2]

Takhar University

Dari: دانشگاه تخار Pashto: د تخار پوهنتون
Former names	Abdullah Ibn Massoud University
Type	Government
Established	1955
Vice-Chancellor	Associate Prof. Saduddin Saidi
Rector	Assistant Prof. Khairuddin Khairkhah
Location	Taloqan , تخار , Afghanistan 36.73118°N 69.539967°E / 36.73118; 69.539967

Divisions

• Agriculture Faculty
• Education Faculty
• Engineering Faculty
• Languages and Literature Faculty
• Medicine Faculty
• Theology Faculty^[3]

Notable alumni

• Zholia Parsi, human rights activist.^[4][5]