List of schools in Kabul

Schools in Kabul City

Afghan Turk High School

Afghan Turk High Schools are the members of a chain of pioneer Turkish educational institutions established in 1995 and running under the auspices of Afghan Turk International Cag Educational Foundation for pursuit of excellence in education in Afghanistan. Annually Afghan Turk High Schools graduate talented and outstanding students, and students of these schools get the highest ranks in Afghanistan.

Amani High School

Amani High School is one of the top high schools in Kabul city located behind presidential palace. It was founded by king Amanullah Khan in 1924 and is called after his name. The school was supported by Germany from that time until 1985 by providing staff and teaching materials. During the 1992-1996 civil war, the school was partially destroyed and its educational material being looted. After the establishment of Hamid Karzai government in 2002, the reconstruction of the school began with German help and the first ceremony to celebrate Afghanistan's return to education was held at the school by attending of interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai. The school is capable of two to three thousand students in different shifts from 1st to 12th grade.

Esteqlal High School

Esteqlal High School is another top high school in Afghanistan which is located in the center of downtown Kabul. The history of the school starts from 1922 when a group of Afghans built an educational organization in Kabul but they were short in expert educators and teaching materials. On that time King Amanullah Khan suggested to the French government to support that educational organization which was called (Amania). The French government of that time accepted the request and sent several educators to Kabul. In 1931 Amania the name of this educational center changed to Estiglal which means (freedom). In 1965 after King Zahir Shah returned from a trip of France, he ordered to build a new building for Esteqlal School in the same spot. The work started by placing the rock of the building by the French prime minister Georges Pompidou when he was in a visit in Kabul. In 1974 the school was inaugurated and over 2300 students were studying on that time by 31 French teachers. When the communist regime took the power the diplomatic relation got worst and French teachers left the country until 2002. Today French supported Esteqlal is modern school with expert educators and high method of teaching. For more info see Lycée Esteqlal.

Nazo Ana High School

Nazo Ana high schools are girls schools of which one is located in "Mikrorayan-e-Awal" in District 9 of Kabul City, Afghanistan and the other is located in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The schools are named after Nazo Tokhi known mostly as Nazo Ana or Nazoo Anaa, (1651–1717) (Pashto: نازو انا) was a prominent Pashtun female poet and a literary figure of the Pashto language.