Habibia High School

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

Coordinates34°30′00.00″N 69°08′59.34″E / 34.5000000°N 69.1498167°E / 34.5000000; 69.1498167
Information
Established1903[1]
PrincipalSayed Naasir Askarzada[1]
Teaching staff250[1]
Number of students7579

Habibia High School (Dari: لیسه عالی حبیبیه) is a school in Kabul, Afghanistan which has educated many of the former and current Afghan elite, including former Presidents Ashraf Ghani and Hamid Karzai, as well as musician Ahmad Zahir. It was founded by King Habibullah Khan in 1903 and is considered one of the oldest schools In Afghanistan.[1] It is situated in Karteh Seh, a district in the south of the Afghan capital.

Over 18,000 students are studying in three different shifts. The undergraduate enrollment is approximately 2000 students.

  1. ^ a b c d "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.