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Dr Ashraf Ghani grew up in Afghanistan before pursuing his education abroad. Born to an influential family in Afghanistan in 1949, he spent his early life in the central province of Logar. He completed his primary and secondary education in Habibia High School in Kabul. Growing up in Kabul under monarchy, where his father worked in various senior capacities, he has been immersed in politics from his early days. He travelled to Lebanon to attend the American University in Beirut, where he met his future wife, Rula, and earned his first degree in 1973.