Habibia High School

Habibia High School (Persian: لیسه عالی حبیبیه‎) is a school in southwestern Kabul, Afghanistan which has educated many of the former and current Afghan elite, including President Ashraf Ghani and musician Ahmad Zahir. It was founded by King Habibullah Khan in 1903.[1]

Habibia High School
Location
Ayub Khan Mina, District 8, Kabul

Afghanistan
Coordinates34°30′00.00″N 69°08′59.34″E
Information
Established1903[1]
PrincipalSayed Naasir Askarzada[1]
Teaching staff250[1]
Number of students7579

It is situated in the south of the city in a district known as Carteh Seh. It suffered severe damage during the civil war of the 1990s between the different mujahideen factions who had ousted the communist government of Mohammad Najibullah in 1992.

Recent development

The Indian government funded the rebuilding of the school in 2003, it committed $5 million for the restoration project. The restoration was completed in two years and the school was reopened in August 2005, by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.[1]

Over 18000 students are studying in three different shifts. The undergraduate enrollment is approximately 2000 students.

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

See also

References
  1. "A F G H A N N E W S" (PDF). Indian Embassy in Kabul. February 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.


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