AFGHANISTAN and computers
"COMPUTER COURSES AT AFGHANISTAN UNIVERSITY: Kabul University in Afghanistan will soon offer
computer-networking courses, including some classes with only female students. Afghanistan was long cut off from the
technological developments happening in other parts of the world, and, under Taliban rule, women were denied education
altogether. According to the United Nations Development
Program (UNDP), almost no one in Afghanistan is able to handle computers due to the country's 20 years of relative
isolation. A statement from the UNDP said, "The new academy fills a critical void for women and men alike in Afghanistan." Ronald Hilton - 4/14/03
Some WAISers have been promoting the use of computers in countries like Afghanistan. The following AP dispatch (4/13/93)
should please them, and we trust that they will give the United Nations due credit:
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/852842p-5976562c.html
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