I know nothing at all about "higher education" and very little about lower education so can somebody please tell me why we have an American university in Afghanistan?

It could be a recruiting station for Christians In Action=CIA.

"We" don't have one, I believe it's a private university. Why you'd stick the name American on something in Afghanistan is beyond me, tho.

The way I understand it, the American Univ. in Wash. DC has established campuses in a number of countries around the world. Some are accredited, some are not. Their goal is to spread education worldwide so they have campuses in some pretty backwards places...like Kabul.