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CITY OF KNOWLEDGE KABUL

City of Knowledge contunues to rise in the face of four decades of war that has left a huge population of Afghan women illiterate and several generations of women deprived of education . The center offers courses in Computers , Science , Literacy , Arts , English , and Women ’ s rights . Graduates go on to pursue university and the careers of their choice , becoming the future doctors , engineers , lawyers , scientists , artists , and technical experts of Afghanistan , and inspiring countless others to do the same . While girls and women brave daily bloodshed and explosions to attend the center , the dual challenges of Covid-19 and the withdrawal of US troops have the potential to upend what little sense of stability it provides .