1. AFRENA (Afghanistan Research and Educational Network Association) Presenter: Mohammad Tariq “Meeran” Assistant Professor Computer Science Department Kabul University E-mail: tmeeran@ku.edu.aftmeeran@ku.edu.af Mobile: 0093700294702

2. AFRENA, Kabul University, April 2007 Kabul University Network Infrastructure Connectivity between the Universities National Connectivity International Connectivity Overview

3. AFRENA, Kabul University, April 2007 Kabul University Fiber Optic Network Infrastructure

4. AFRENA, Kabul University, April 2007 Connectivity between the Universities in Kabul (work in progress) Kabul University Kabul Medical University Kabul Polytechnic University Kabul Education University Internet

5. AFRENA, Kabul University, April 2007 Future Connectivity between the Educational institutions (City MAN) Kabul University Kabul Medical University Kabul Education University Internet Academy of Science Ministry of Education and some selected schools A few Hospitals Kabul Polytechnic University

6. AFRENA, Kabul University, April 2007 National Connectivity City Fiber is already in place Campus Fiber network will be connected to the city Fiber as part of the campus fiber optic network This link will be used as a backup link since the price is a bit high compared to our international connectivity that is provided by NATO for free

7. AFRENA, Kabul University, April 2007 International Connectivity NATO Science Committee has awarded a grant (SILK) for a VSAT-based network This provides connectivity to the European Research Network (GEANT2) There are currently nine countries in the Silk Virtual High Way AF, AR, AZ, GE, KY, KZ, TJ, TK, UZ

8. AFRENA, Kabul University, April 2007 NATO Silk VSAT image at Kabul

9. AFRENA, Kabul University, April 2007 Connection of Silk nodes to DESY at Hamburg

10. AFRENA, Kabul University, April 2007 Current Status Now 2 Mbps connectivity Next upgrade by the mid 2007 to 4 Mbps Video conferencing facility VoIP with DESY and 8 other countries

11. AFRENA, Kabul University, April 2007 Thank you!