This book documents the creation of the computer science faculty in Herat, Afghanistan. This included the reconstruction of the building, the setup of a highly modern PC lab, construction of seminar and common rooms, the education of network administrators, as well as the development of tuition contents and concepts customized for the specific characteristics of the Afghan society. After a project period of almost two years, the Afghan partners will manage the faculty by themselves.

Bernd Mahr is head of the department Formal Logic and Programming at the faculty for Electrical Engineering and Informatics at the Technical University of Berlin (Germany). Along with his co-editor, Nazir Peroz, they manage the Centre for International and Intercultural Communications (ZiiK).