Assadullah Kohistani, the principal of Ghulam Haider Khan High School in Kabul, watches over the courtyard as students arrive for morning assembly [Eros Hoagland]
Published On 20 Nov 201020 Nov 2010
Kohistani prepares to give a weekly address to students before classes begin. He has tirelessly focused on fostering a culture of cooperation between the school administration, the student body and the local community [Eros Hoagland]
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Kohistani gives his weekly address to students, where he talks about their responsibility as active cultivators of the welfare of the school, as well as their responsibility to make Afghanistan a better country [Eros Hoagland]
With 8,000 students, Ghulam Haider Khan is one of the largest public schools in Kabul [Eros Hoagland]
The students pray before class. During the 1990s, the school was home to internally displaced families - with as many as three living in each classroom [Eros Hoagland]
Kohistani talks to a student who has been involved with street gangs. The older brother of the student had reported his behaviour to the principal [Eros Hoagland]
Students attend a science class. For years the school lay in ruins [Eros Hoagland]
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The windows were shattered and the doors missing. The chairs had been used for heat during cold winters [Eros Hoagland]
The football team run drills before classes begin. The school and local community had to rebuild the walls of the school compound to close it off from the neighbouring market [Eros Hoagland]
Kohistani insisted on donations of flowers, trees and bushes for the school garden. Instead of being beaten, as they used to be, for bad behaviour, students are now punished by being made to shovel dirt or pump water for the rejuvenated garden [Eros Hoagland]
