Habibia High School
| Habibia High School | |
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| Location | |
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Ayub Khan Mina, District 8, Kabul | |
| Coordinates | 34°30′00.00″N 69°08′59.34″E / 34.5000000°N 69.1498167°E |
| Information | |
| Established | 1903[1] |
| Principal | Sayed Naasir Askarzada[1] |
| Teaching staff | 250[1] |
| Number of students | 7579 |
Habibia High School (
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.
History
The school 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.
The
Dr. Manmohan Singh.[1]
In November 2021, a powerful magnetic roadside bomb exploded near the school.[2][3]
Notable alumni
- Ashraf Ghani, former president of Afghanistan
- Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan
- Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, former Prime Minister of Afghanistan
- Mohammad Gul Khan Momand, former Home Minister of Afghanistan
- Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, former President of Afghanistan
- Mohammad Najibullah, former President of Afghanistan
- Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen, former Minister of Information and Culture
- Mohammed Zahir Shah, former king of Afghanistan
- Abdul Rahim Wardak, former Defence Minister of Afghanistan
- Ahmad Zahir, legendary Afghan musician
- Dr. Hafiz Sahar, former President and Chief Editor, Daily Eslah and Kabul University professor of Journalism
- Wasef Bakhtari, prominent Afghan poet, writer, and literary figure
- Mohammad Ghous Bashiri, Afghan politician
Notable faculty
- Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara, historian
- Richard N. Frye, Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Harvard University
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "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.
- ^ "Blast rocks Afghan capital Kabul, no casualties confirmed". Xinhua. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Jan, Sediq (30 November 2021). "5 injured in blast near school in Kabul". Afghanistan Times. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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