Afghanistan’s higher education provision suffered immensely due to 30 years of conflict and the long-term neglect of universities under Taliban rule. This project funded by the British Council under the Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE) scheme was designed at institutional strengthening of geology departments in Peshawar in Pakistan and Kabul in Afghanistan through partnerships with Leicester, Keele and Prague universities. The project included collaborative research, workshops, conferences, and faculty exchange.
Publications
SW Faryad, S Collett, F Finger, SA Sergeev, R Čopjaková, P Siman.
The Kabul Block (Afghanistan), a segment of the Columbia Supercontinent, with a Neoproterozoic metamorphic overprint.
Gondwana Research 34, 2016.
S Collett, SW Faryad.
Pressure–temperature evolution of Neoproterozoic metamorphism in the Welayati Formation (Kabul Block), Afghanistan.
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 111, 2015.
S Collett.
Metamorphism and geodynamics of the Proterozoic Kabul Block: Preservation and modification of crustal fragments within an orogenic zone.
PhD Thesis (Charles University in Prague), 2015.
S Collett, SW Faryad, AM Mosazai.
Polymetamorphic evolution of the granulite-facies Paleoproterozoic basement of the Kabul Block, Afghanistan.
Mineralogy and Petrology 109, 2015.
SW Faryad, S Collett, M Petterson, SA Sergeev.
Magmatism and metamorphism linked to the accretion of continental blocks south of the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan.
Lithos 175, 2013.