{"id":2698,"date":"2020-11-06T18:04:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T18:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taand.com\/en\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2020-11-06T18:08:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T18:08:05","slug":"letter-to-the-chancellor-of-kabul-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=2698","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Chancellor of Kabul University"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Letter from Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen J Toope to the Chancellor of Kabul University, Professor\u00a0Dr M Osman Babury<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Professor Dr\u00a0M\u00a0Osman Babury<br \/>Chancellor<br \/>Kabul University<br \/><br \/><em>By email<\/em><br \/><br \/>4 November 2020<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Dear Professor Babury,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I read with shock and grave concern about the terrible events at Kabul University this week. May I offer the sincere condolences of everyone at the University of Cambridge at the appalling loss of life resulting from this attack.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I believe that Higher Education, with its capacity to work across borders to tackle some of the great global challenges, is a force for good in an uncertain world. An attack on a university is an attack on the future and a grave assault on all that we at Cambridge hold dear.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As you face the task of rebuilding and renewing your educational mission, please know that you have the good wishes and support of friends in universities around the world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>With best wishes,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Professor Stephen J\u00a0Toope<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Vice-Chancellor<br \/>University of Cambridge<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letter from Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen J Toope to the Chancellor of Kabul University, Professor\u00a0Dr M Osman Babury Professor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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