Ghulam Haider Khan High School

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Ghulam Haidar Khan in 1839

Ghulam Haidar Khan High School is an all-boys school located in Khair Khana, Kabul, Afghanistan. The school is named after Afghan Prince Ghulam Haidar Khan, son of Emir Dost Mohammad Khan, who fought against the British forces in the July 1839 Battle of Ghazni during the First Anglo-Afghan War. It has about 10,000 students from seven to twelfth grade in four shifts.

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The original school name was "Saboor e Shaheed" from when the school built until after Dr. Najibullah's government in 1992. Displaced families were accommodated in the school in the 1990s. [1]

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References

  1. "A tale of hope in Kabul". Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera Media Network. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2019.