Paktia University

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Paktia University (Dari, Pashto) is a public university in Gardez, which is the capital of Paktia Province in eastern Afghanistan. It is under the Ministry of Higher Education, which is headquartered in Kabul. The current chancellor of the university is Sheikh Mawlawi Sifatullah Haqqani. His predecessor was Abdul Hakim Hamdi. Paktia University has approximately 4,500 students. Majority of them are male students. There are approximately 145 professors. The university's acceptance rate was reported at 55%.

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