The education in Afghanistan was available to children below 12 years of age between 1933 and 1973 in King Zahir Shah rulings. The secondary school system was under expansion and National University at Kabul was gaining heights. But the soviet invasion in 1979 and after the civil war destructed education system in Afghanistan badly. Teachers left the country with their families to never make returns because of wars; in 1990s only 650 schools were there for the pupils of entire country. Education for girl child was banned by Taliban regime in 1996 and education for boys was provided through mosque schools.

When Taliban government brought to an end in 2001 by US efforts, the international aid poured from different international societies for rebuilding schools and education systems to government of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan has 34 provinces of which 20 have some 7000 schools with 27000 teachers and 4.2 million children including 1.2 million girls. This was an estimate of 2003. The Kabul University has opened in 2002 again where some 24000 male and female students enrolled in different courses. During year 2006, there were more than 4 million male and female students enrolled in schools in Afghanistan.

Help Afghan School Children Organization (HASCO) is a non-profit organization works for the welfare of Afghan disadvantaged children.