Our Programs

ACKU serves as an information hub that collects and preserves documents about Afghanistan in digital and print format. At the same time, we focus on promoting literacy and facilitating academic research.

LIBRARY

ACKU holds the region’s most extensive collection of primary resources on Afghanistan and makes them

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ABLE

ABLE is a literacy campaign with the objective to promote reading and improve literacy skills

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RESEARCH

The Research Department at ACKU aims to provide academic research skills by providing courses and

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Online Resources

Torn Between Two Cultures: An Afghan-American Woman Speaks Out

26 May 2021

"Maryam Qudrat Aseel is an Afghan-American woman born in the U.S. to first generation Afghan immigrants.

The Extraordinary Life of Nancy Hatch Dupree (1927–2017)

24 May 2021

Nancy Hatch Dupree: My name is Nancy Hatch Dupree and I am working with the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University, which is a collection of documents related to Afghanistan.


One Book One Child

Children love stories. Stories help them understand the world and the people in it. It helps them expand their imagination as well as their reading skills. They can be entertained and the same time get inspired by the stories. Download a free copy of original children’s’ story books from the ACKU's website and give the gift of stories to your children. All of these stories, written by the local authors, are original, easy to read and promote a culture of peace, tolerance, equality and human rights, etc.

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