Physics community
The people and places that make up physics in Afghanistan and the diaspora.
Physics in Afghanistan
- Kabul University — Faculty of PhysicsKabul
- Kabul Education UniversityKabul
- Herat UniversityHerat
- Balkh UniversityMazar-i-Sharif
- Nangarhar UniversityJalalabad
- Kandahar UniversityKandahar
- Bamyan UniversityBamyan
- Kunduz UniversityKunduz
- Shaikh Zayed UniversityKhost
- Badakhshan UniversityFayzabad
- Teaching laboratory (example entry)Kabul
- Olympiad training centre (example entry)Herat
- Secondary school physics club (example entry)Mazar-i-Sharif
- Researcher cluster: energy & climate (example)Jalalabad
Universities are listed by location; listing does not imply partnership.
Women in Physics
Dr. Farida Rahimi
Medical physicist
Works on radiation safety training for clinic staff.
Sahar Mohammadi
PhD candidate, astrophysics
Studies variable stars and runs online observing nights.
Zarghona Safi
Secondary physics teacher
Builds low-cost lab kits and trains other teachers.
Young Physicists
Ahmad Fawad Karimi
Grade 12 · Olympiad finalist
Built a smartphone spectrometer for his school science fair.
Mariam Sadat
BSc student · computational physics
Writes open Python notebooks for first-year mechanics.
Bilal Wardak
MSc student · materials
Tests local clay for low-cost thermal insulation.
Afghan physicists worldwide
Dr. Khalid Ahmadzai
Particle physics · Europe
Detector research and diaspora mentoring lead.
Dr. Roya Nazari
Climate modelling · North America
Regional climate projections for Central Asia.
Prof. Yama Habibi
Optics · Asia-Pacific
Photonic sensors and open courseware in Dari.
Dr. Hasina Qaderi
Physics education · Europe
Research on multilingual science classrooms.
Profiles are illustrative examples.