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Billed as the country’s first independent university, the American University of Afghanistan was established in 2004 with financial support from the highest levels of the American and Afghan governments. …
But its development has been rockier than anticipated, even taking into account Afghanistan’s growing instability.
A number of current and former faculty members say that a good share of the blame goes to the university’s recently departed president, Thomas M. Stauffer [accused of “absenteeism and unrealistic plans”].