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The Strengthening Higher Education Program (US$40 million Grant) aims to progressively restore basic operational performance at six core universities in Afghanistan—Kabul Polytechnic University, Kabul University, and four regional universities (Balkh, Herat, Kandahar, and Nangarhar)—through partnership programs with universities in the region and in the west and competitive block grants. In addition, funds will be provided for an institutional base for the development of an agenda focusing on tertiary education development, capacity building, and reform. The program is envisaged as the first phase of a long-term higher education development program in Afghanistan, acting as a catalyst to attract various resources to the Afghan tertiary education sector.