page_title: List of schools in Afghanistan
section_title: Balkh Province
hierarchical_section_title: List of schools in Afghanistan / Balkh Province
caption_attribution_description: English: Young Afghan boys stand outside of the Aliabad School near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, March 10, 2012. Their new school, a project started by the 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division and continued by the 170th and 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Teams, is being built next to the current school and will accommodate the current volume of students with additional room for the town's growing population. (37th IBCT photo by Sgt. Kimberly Lamb) (Released)
context_page_description: This list of schools located in Afghanistan includes the country's primary and secondary schools. According to the Afghan Ministry of Education, there are approximately 18,000 schools across Afghanistan. Afghanistan's tertiary schools are listed on a separate sub-list at List of universities in Afghanistan. The list is organized alphabetically by province and within a province, alphabetically by school name.
context_section_description: Afghan-Turk High School in Mazar-e-Sharif (private)
  Aliabad School
  Amani High School
  Istiqlal High School
  Bakhtar High School (boys)
  Soltan Razia High School (girls)
  Amir Khesraw Balkhi Secondary School (co-educational)
  Gawhar Khaton High School (girls)
  Ghazi Amanullah High School (boys and girls)
  Wazir Akbar Khan Secondary School (boys)
  Soltan Gheyasudin High School (boys)
  Ferdawsi High School
  Tajrobawi High School (girls)
  Daqiqi Balkhi High school (boys)
  Setara High School (girls)
  Qazi hamiduddin High School (boys)
caption: Aliabad School in Balkh Province
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