Habibia High School () is a school in

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which has educated many of the former and current Afghan elite, including former

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, and

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, as well as musician Ahmad Zahir. It was founded by

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Habibullah Khan Habibullah Khan (Pashto/Dari: ; 3 June 1872 – 20 February 1919) was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 until his assassination in 1919 by Shuja-ud-Daula Ghourbandi. He was the eldest son of the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, whom he succeeded by rig ...

in 1903 and is considered one of the oldest schools In Afghanistan. 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.

History

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The school suffered severe damage during the civil war of the 1990s between the different

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factions who had ousted the communist government of

in 1992. The

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gave $5 million for rebuilding the school in 2003. The restored school was inaugurated in August 2005, by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Indian Prime Minister

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. In November 2021, a powerful magnetic roadside bomb exploded near the school, injuring five.

Notable alumni

, former president of Afghanistan *

, former president of Afghanistan * Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, former Prime Minister of Afghanistan * Mohammad Gul Khan Momand, former Home Minister of Afghanistan *

, former President of Afghanistan *

, 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

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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 * Abdul Ahad momand, The first Afghan astronaut

Notable faculty

* Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara, historian *

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, Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Harvard University

References

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History

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

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