Ariana University (Pashto: د آریانا پوهنتون; Persian: دانشگاه آریانا), also known as Ariana Institute of Higher Education (Pashto: آریانا د لوړو زده کړو موسسه; Persian: مؤسسه تحصیلات عالی آریانا), is a private university having two campuses, in Kabul and Jalalabad, Afghanistan.^[1] The university was established in 2004 by Abdul Haq Danishmal and his wife Tahira Danishmal for the Afghan refugees who graduated from different refugee schools in Pakistan .