Takhar University ( ÃÂ ) is a university in Taloqan, Takhar Province, Afghanistan. It was established by former president Burhanuddin Rabbani in 1991 in Peshawar, Pakistan under the name of "Abdullah Ibn Massoud University", and it was transferred to Taloqan in 1993. By 1994 it was registered by the Ministry of Higher Education and in the same year it started its academic activities, establishing two faculties (law and agriculture).