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<TextLine ID="P10_L1" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L1_S1" CONTENT="were largely brought about on an independent economy basis; however, as in most fields a balance was not kept, and as the Government wanted to regulate the use of its resources, it was decided to adopt a policy of guided economy. As a result successful economic co-ordination can be seen at work in the fields of agriculture, industry, construction, communications and transport, as well as in cultural and social affairs. This in turn has led to the Government's first Five Year Development Plan, which when completed will further strengthen the nation's economy." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P10_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L2_S1" CONTENT="The total cost of the Plan amounts to 5,708,612,000 Afghanis. The average annual capital investment thus amounts to 1,141,722,400 Afghanis, which is eight per cent of the national income of 12½ billion Afghanis. Seventy-five per cent of the Development Plan's expenses are to be paid from the nation's own resources and the remaining 25 per cent will come from loans. The total amount of foreign currency needed for the Plan is 196 million dollars." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P10_L3" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L3_S1" CONTENT="The importance and preference of the various sections of the national economy can be seen from the following presentation of expenditure accounts:" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P10_L4" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L4_S1" CONTENT="i. Agriculture and Irrigation: 2,294.3 million Afghanis." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P10_L5" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L5_S1" CONTENT="ii. Transport and Communications: 1,625.1 million Afghanis." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P10_L6" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L6_S1" CONTENT="iii. Industry: 727 million Afghanis." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P10_L7" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L7_S1" CONTENT="iv. Public Services: 652.7 million Afghanis." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P10_L8" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L8_S1" CONTENT="v. Mines: 242.7 million Afghanis." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P10_L9" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L9_S1" CONTENT="vi. Miscellaneous: 165.3 million Afghanis." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P10_L12" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L12_S1" CONTENT="The Plan, which is now entering its fourth year has undergone minor changes resulting from the country's needs and practical conclusions drawn during the first and second years." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P10_L13" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L13_S1" CONTENT="The overall effect, however, has been the growth of a new outlook towards the future. There is an altogether new and unprecedented desire throughout the nation for a change for the better. There are already concrete examples of this change, and the nation is working hard to see that there shall be more. Now that they know it is possible to rebuild their country, the Afghans are anxious to do so. The measures undertaken by their Government have their wholehearted support, while the material advantages resulting from these measures further increase their morale and their zeal for hard work." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P10_L14" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L14_S1" CONTENT="In the following pages we are presenting progress reports of activities in the various fields for the fiscal year which has just passed (1337-1338). This year coincides with the Third Year of the Afghan Five Year Plan (September, 1958-September, 1959). In a few cases the report only covers the first half of the Third Year of the Plan." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P10_L15" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P10_L15_S1" CONTENT="It is hoped that by glancing through the following pages the reader may gain an impression of Afghanistan's development in various fields over the last fiscal year. Further enquiries on any of the subjects discussed here may be addressed to:" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P12_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P12_L2_S1" CONTENT="EDUCATION in Afghanistan underwent certain changes during the past twelve months, most of which concerned the gradual improvement of teaching programmes and development of educational departments. The advancement of these two objectives depends upon the training of teachers, improvement of laboratories and workshops, procurement of teaching materials, publication of textbooks and construction or renovation of school buildings. The first part of this report deals with these subjects. The second part of the report is devoted to the activities of non-educational institutions, while the third part concerns the activities of Kabul University." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P13_L8" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P13_L8_S1" CONTENT="The Teachers' Training Schools have, as in previous years, remained the focus of special attention. Certain reforms were carried out in these schools during the past twelve months. Their programmes were taken into consideration by local and foreign experts last year, with emphasis on the following points:—" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P14_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P14_L2_S1" CONTENT="New programmes and methods of teaching are being implemented in experimental schools under the guidance of foreign and local experts." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P14_L4" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P14_L4_S1" CONTENT="Our educational needs are not yet met in so far as the supply of teachers is concerned. This is especially so in view of the increase in the number of elementary schools which need more and more teachers. The training of school teachers, on the other hand, needs strict attention. In order to increase the knowledge of teachers and also to introduce them to new methods of teaching, training seminars are run every year during the annual vacations under the auspices of the Institute of Education. Such a workshop was also run for the benefit of women teachers of girls' elementary schools for the first time last year." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P14_L5" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P14_L5_S1" CONTENT="Indeed the Government of Afghanistan places very great importance upon teachers and the teaching profession, as witnessed by the higher scale of pay permitted for them, and the arrangement that even though teachers work only half a day they receive a sort of special pay called &quot;foodgrain allowance.&quot; Most important of all is the concession granted to teachers exempting them from military service. This concession is given provided he does not abandon his profession of teaching for a period of six years after he is due to be conscripted into the army." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P22_L6" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P22_L6_S1" CONTENT="gists are continuing excavations in the various parts of the country. Their operations during the past year yielded good results." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P23_L11" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P23_L11_S1" CONTENT="(3) Seminar on philology with special emphasis on Pushto. This seminar was inaugurated at the Faculty of Letters for a period of eight weeks under the supervision of two experienced foreign professors. The participants comprised Pushto teachers of the Faculty of Letters and secondary schools." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P26_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P26_L2_S1" CONTENT="fessor, Mr. G. Kwater, of Leningrad University, was provided by U.N.E.S.C.O. for the Faculty of Science last year. He was instrumental in reorganising the laboratories of the Faculty and then commenced the teaching of nuclear physics. The Afghan Atomic Commission was also established with his advice. This Commission was recognised by the International Atomic Organisation this spring. Two graduates of the Faculty of Science were sent to the Soviet Union for training in nuclear physics last year. They are carrying on their studies at Moscow University. Similarly, two others were sent on scholarships to the United States to observe activities in this field. These persons returned home a few months ago." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P26_L10" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P26_L10_S1" CONTENT="(2) Obligations of Afghan scholars and experts. This code fixes the obligations of those Afghan scholars and experts who have received their educational training partly or wholly, inside or outside Afghanistan, at State expense, or who have taken advantage of scholarships and fellowships awarded to Afghanistan by friendly countries and international organisations." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P27_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L2_S1" CONTENT="Basic steps for a 50-year plan of construction for Kabul University were taken during the year. After surveys regarding the number of buildings, their requirements and educational functions, especially the detailed plans for the construction of the first six buildings to be constructed, the contract has been given with the assistance of the United States International Co-operation Administration to the Pacific Architects Inc. These plans are expected to be completed soon." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L3" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L3_S1" CONTENT="PART IV" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L4" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L4_S1" CONTENT="FOREIGN RELATIONS" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L5" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L5_S1" CONTENT="The Ministry of Education maintains close and very cordial ties with international organisations and friendly countries. The United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organisation and friendly countries have consistently helped educational institutions in Afghanistan. This assistance has proved of great value in furthering the interests of education in our schools." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P27_L7" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L7_S1" CONTENT="By promoting friendly co-operation and creating better understanding it has rendered a valuable service to the cause of international understanding. The United Nations Day, the World Health Day and the Red Crescent Day are celebrated according to elaborately prepared programmes in all schools in Afghanistan." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L8" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L8_S1" CONTENT="We wish to say something here regarding the trend these relations took during the past year:—" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L9" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L9_S1" CONTENT="1—Our relations with U.N.E.S.C.O.:" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L10" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L10_S1" CONTENT="(a) The U.N.E.S.C.O. General Conference was held in Paris in November," HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L11" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L11_S1" CONTENT="Girls from the Rabia Balkhi primary school" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L12" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L12_S1" CONTENT="1958, in which an Afghan delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Education participated." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L13" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L13_S1" CONTENT="(b) Under the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and the Participation Programme, U.N.E.S.C.O. has undertaken to:—" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L14" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L14_S1" CONTENT="(i) Continue its assistance to the School of Mechanics at Kandahar (in the form of three experts)." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L15" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L15_S1" CONTENT="(ii) Continue its assistance to the Community Development Project (in the form of three experts)." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P27_L16" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P27_L16_S1" CONTENT="(iii) Provide one Professor of Physics for Kabul University." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P28_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P28_L2_S1" CONTENT="(vi) Assistance for Kabul Museum in the form of three experts, namely, one chief of team, one expert on the restoration of ivory pieces, and one expert for the preparation of a Museum Catalogue. Another expert will also be procured for arranging the interior of the Museum and display of Museum pieces." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P28_L3" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P28_L3_S1" CONTENT="An additional number of requests have been made by the National Commission earlier this year. It is hoped that these will receive favourable attention by U.N.E.S.C.O. during the years 1959-1960. The National Commission has been in constant contact with the U.N.E.S.C.O. Secretariat and has provided all possible information asked for by the different departments of U.N.E.S.C.O." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P28_L4" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P28_L4_S1" CONTENT="U.N.E.S.C.O. Gift Coupons:" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P28_L5" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P28_L5_S1" CONTENT="U.N.E.S.C.O. has been issuing, since some time in the past, Gift Coupons, against which the recipient institutions in various countries can purchase equipment of an educational and cultural character. These coupons are in the form of Cash Vouchers convertible into dollars on demand anywhere in the world. Such coupons have been received from different institutions, schools and persons either by the Ministry of Education or allied institutions. The National Commission has been acting as a clearing agency for these after thanking the donors and acknowledging receipt of the Gift Coupons. The National Commission itself has utilised some of this money for setting up a model office. The total amount of money received by the National Commission in the form of U.N.E.S.C.O. Gift Coupons during the past and current years was $2,100. Six hundred and fifty dollars of this amount was presented to the Faculty of Science, Kabul University." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P28_L6" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P28_L6_S1" CONTENT="2—The World Health Organisation:" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P28_L7" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P28_L7_S1" CONTENT="This world organisation naturally has closer relations with the Ministry of Public Health than with the Ministry of Education, but even so it has been co-operating with the Ministry of Education in matters affecting the University of Kabul. For example, the term of service of the Professor of Pediatrics loaned to Kabul University ended at the end of last year, but the services of the Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine are being continued. W.H.O. has also continued its assistance in the field of training nurses." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P28_L12" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P28_L12_S1" CONTENT="(iii) The Institute of Education and the Teaching of the English language." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P28_L13" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P28_L13_S1" CONTENT="(iv) The Faculty of Engineering and Agriculture." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P35_L7" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P35_L7_S1" CONTENT="(ii) Educational Gatherings for head-teachers, inspectors and teachers from Kataghan, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar, Farah, Girishk and the Helmand Valley. About 200 people altogether gathered for a conference where educational specialists were on hand for advice and consultation." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P40_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P40_L2_S1" CONTENT="This department has been busy restoring various items at the museum. From time to time foreign specialists have assisted in this work. The work completed in the first half of the Third Year of the Plan, in the absence of foreign specialists, is as follows:" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P40_L3" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P40_L3_S1" CONTENT="(i) restoring 101 pieces of sculpture." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P40_L4" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P40_L4_S1" CONTENT="(ii) .. 310 pieces of earthenware." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P40_L5" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P40_L5_S1" CONTENT="(iii) .. 102 pieces of plaster sculpture." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P40_L12" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P40_L12_S1" CONTENT="A statute has been devised which, when put into effect, will assist in preserving the ancient relics both movable and immovable, throughout the country." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P40_L13" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P40_L13_S1" CONTENT="The Decorations Department" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P40_L14" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P40_L14_S1" CONTENT="A specialist from Switzerland has been employed to help the Museum authorities in decorating the various rooms and galleries. The Fundukistan Room has now been rearranged. The remaining rooms and galleries are expected to be redecorated in the near future." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P40_L16" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P40_L16_S1" CONTENT="(i) Surkh Kotal" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P40_L17" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P40_L17_S1" CONTENT="A French archaeological team has been digging at Surkh Kotal (15 kilometres north-west of Pul-i-Khumri) with the co-operation of the Museum authorities ever since 1952. It was in the first year" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P40_L18" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P40_L18_S1" CONTENT="of this work that the central temple of Surkh Kotal was discovered. The following year the fire-worshipping centre was unearthed. In 1957 a most important 25-line tablet was discovered. Work continued during the following year on 8 sites in Surkh Kotal, from all of which interesting and important discoveries were made and relics produced. The works of art found in Surkh Kotal are supposed to belong to the Graeco-Bactrian period. Sculptures found show that in the same area there was also a Buddhist temple. Many coins, together with various pieces of brass and earthenware, were found to belong to the Koshani period. Among the other discoveries in this area are 16 tablets, 1 line each and 6 lines each, in the Greek and ancient Takhari languages. It is hoped that by deciphering the inscriptions, further light will be thrown on the language of the Afghan people two thousand years ago." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P40_L20" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P40_L20_S1" CONTENT="A French archaeological team in Afghanistan discovered the prehistoric hill at Mundigak in the vicinity of Kandahar in 1930. Since then until the autumn of 1958 excavation work continued on this site. The discoveries made here during this time were divided between the French team and the Kabul Museum at the end of the period of excavation, and the prehistoric room was thereupon opened at the museum. Among the items found at Mundigak are various seals, clay sculptures of humans and animals, stone sculptures, flint arrow heads, stone utensils and implements, bronzeware, copperware, bone implements, stone and clay bobbins, shells, pieces of gold, huge pitchers and pottery." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P44_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P44_L2_S1" CONTENT="(iii) Girls' Schools. In these schools there is now a combined total of 17 classes and an attendance of 292 students." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P50_L7" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P50_L7_S1" CONTENT="Thirty packages of the egg-laying moth were sent to the Baghlan Sugar Refinery for the second term of the year 1337 and" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P51_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P51_L2_S1" CONTENT="of beetroot cultivation in Baghlan and Ghori, where seven varieties of seeds from Poland are being used experimentally." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P51_L3" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P51_L3_S1" CONTENT="The distribution of seeds to farmers in northern provinces during the past year was as follows:" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P51_L9" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P51_L9_S1" CONTENT="in Shibirghan &amp; Akcha 59,000 seres" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P51_L10" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P51_L10_S1" CONTENT="A D.D.T. unit preparing for the next lot of spraying" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P51_L11" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P51_L11_S1" CONTENT="When the Kelagai Desert project is completed, some 5,500 acres of new land will come under cultivation. The Archi Canal moreover is being surveyed, and steps have been taken to clean canals throughout the country." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P51_L12" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P51_L12_S1" CONTENT="In all cotton-growing areas, the Ministry's technical experts are on hand to advise the farmers. The same is true" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P52_L1" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L1_S1" CONTENT="The wheat has been specially imported from the Soviet Union and its distribution supervised by technical experts from the Ministry. It will be observed during its growth, and arrangements have been made for a further increase in wheat production through the distribution of these seeds to other provinces later on." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L2_S1" CONTENT="Some 40 tons of a special American wheat, found highly productive and resistant to disease during several experimental seasons, are being imported for distribution in the province of Kabul." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L3" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L3_S1" CONTENT="In the field of animal husbandry also, steps for improvement were taken during the year. New establishments for animal breeding were opened at Jamalmaina and Bini Hissar in Kabul. There cows, sheep, horses and various types of fowl are bred under close supervision and the better animals thus obtained are being circulated round the various communities for further reproduction. Throughout the year some 269,594 animals have been vaccinated against divers diseases; 329,575 animals have been treated with medicines administered by mouth, and 1,161 animals received treatment in the Ministry's veterinary hospital." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L4" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L4_S1" CONTENT="In order to produce a special breed of dairy cows, eleven cross-bred calves have been allocated to individual farmers, and in the Artificial Insemination Laboratory 780 cows were inseminated from the best breeds of foreign bulls. 4,073 of the best eggs, together with 215 hens have also been distributed among the farmers, the purpose being to step up the quantity and quality of chickens from the double view-point of egg-production and food value." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L5" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L5_S1" CONTENT="The Veterinary Course was extended to three years and the Chicken-Breeding Course continued as before." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L6" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L6_S1" CONTENT="A large and modern egg-hatching establishment was completed in Bini Hissar." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L7" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L7_S1" CONTENT="The animal husbandry laboratory at Kataghan was also completed and activities there begun." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L8" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L8_S1" CONTENT="One of the famous Kataghani breed of horses brought to Kabul for breeding purposes" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L9" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L9_S1" CONTENT="Construction work was started on animal husbandry laboratories at Kandahar and Herat." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L10" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L10_S1" CONTENT="With a view to increasing the number of trained personnel, two people were sent to Beirut, two to Western Germany, one to England, one to Iran and one to Australia, for advanced training." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L11" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L11_S1" CONTENT="The arrangements made for the construction of laboratories and the study of diseases affecting staple food crops at Herat and Kataghan were successfully concluded. At the present time diseases affecting wheat, sugar cane, vines and pears are being investigated." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L12" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L12_S1" CONTENT="As part of the campaign against plant diseases, the following medicines and equipment were procured from abroad: 440 spray guns (with and without wheels), 750 gallons of Malathion, 12,400 pounds of D.D.T., 2 tons of Ceresan, 660 tons of Hexachloro." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P52_L13" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P52_L13_S1" CONTENT="A three-week course for the promotion of a campaign against plant diseases was begun in January, 1958, and continued" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P53_L1" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P53_L1_S1" CONTENT="throughout the year. In the provinces," HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P53_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P53_L2_S1" CONTENT="especially in the Kabul Province, the" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P53_L3" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P53_L3_S1" CONTENT="trainees are continually helping farmers" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P53_L11" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P53_L11_S1" CONTENT="course. Around 5,251 seres of powdered" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P53_L12" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P53_L12_S1" CONTENT="sulphur were sold to owners of vineyards" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P53_L20" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P53_L20_S1" CONTENT="to farmers of the uses of artificial ferti-" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P55_L27" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P55_L27_S1" CONTENT="2. The Umeed Rayon Plant" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P55_L32" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P55_L32_S1" CONTENT="3. The Kandahar Woollen Textile Plant" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P56_L1" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P56_L1_S1" CONTENT="The newly built Cement Factory at Jabalussaraj, which produces 100 tons of much needed cement a day." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P58_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P58_L2_S1" CONTENT="The first sizeable cement factory in Afghanistan started operation in 1958 and achieved its maximum daily production of 100 tons only this year. But since the need for cement is constantly increasing, the decision was made to embark on the immediate construction of another and bigger plant." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P58_L3" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P58_L3_S1" CONTENT="The new plant with the daily capacity of 200 tons (expandable to 400 tons per day) is being constructed at Kataghan with the co-operation of the Czechoslovak Techno-Export. All the raw materials necessary are to be found almost on the spot and electricity will be supplied by the Second Puli-Khumri hydro-electric plant." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P58_L6" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P58_L6_S1" CONTENT="All the machines and items of mechanical transport imported into Afghanistan require constant maintenance and repair. If facilities for this were not available, the machinery and vehicles would be lost to the country without having fully served the purposes for which they were imported. This in turn damages the nation's economy. So to reduce such heavy losses the establish-ment of several repair workshops for vehicles and other machinery in various parts of Afghanistan has been undertaken as part of the Economic Plan." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P58_L7" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P58_L7_S1" CONTENT="These workshops are being built at the following sites :—" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P58_L9" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P58_L9_S1" CONTENT="1. The Jangalak Repair and Hardware Factory." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P58_L10" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P58_L10_S1" CONTENT="This factory was primarily estab-lished as a workshop and training centre for the Textile Company. This year it was made independent of the Textile Company, and with Govern-ment capital, it was transformed into a factory for metal work and repair of vehicles. There are the following sections in this factory: smelting, casting, spare parts manufacture, engine repair works and repair shops for other machinery." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P58_L11" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P58_L11_S1" CONTENT="The vehicle repair shop can handle 1,000 per year." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P60_L12" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P60_L12_S1" CONTENT="A new oven was added to the equipment of the above factory this year, thereby increasing the factory's daily output to 5,000 pieces. A tile manufacturing unit has also been procured and installed at the factory." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P60_L13" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P60_L13_S1" CONTENT="2. Kunduz Chinaworks" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P60_L14" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P60_L14_S1" CONTENT="Another factory under the joint ownership of the Baghlan Cotton Union Company and the Marobini Company of Japan has already been completed. This factory, producing 5,000 pieces per day, was inaugurated in 1958." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P60_L15" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P60_L15_S1" CONTENT="THE KANDAHAR INDUSTRIAL ZONE" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P68_L4" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P68_L4_S1" CONTENT="The immediate effort was directed at the completion of bridge building and flood defences, and the construction of concrete ramparts at Torkham and Kizil Kala." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P68_L7" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P68_L7_S1" CONTENT="76.8 kilometres of the Kabul-Matak highway to the north have been completed, of which 40 kilometres have been asphalted." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P68_L8" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P68_L8_S1" CONTENT="The Kizil Kala-Doshi highway, with a total length of 235.6 kilometres was completed in spite of such natural obstacles as hills and gorges, and the fact that climatic conditions for most of the time were almost unbearable." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P68_L10" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P68_L10_S1" CONTENT="year of the plan, when an agreement was signed with the Techno-Export Agency of the Soviet Union. Construction work began immediately, and before the beginning of the third year the bridge was officially opened. The main advantage of this bridge lies in the fact that the distance between Kunduz and Kizil Kala can now be covered in one hour instead of in eight. The consequent economy in petroleum, the running cost of vehicles, the facilities for trade and transit, not to mention the easier flow of human traffic, all add to the importance of this engineering feat. It may be of interest to know that the length of the bridge is 120 metres, its breadth 8.9 metres, while the maximum weight it is capable of supporting is 60 tons." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P70_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P70_L2_S1" CONTENT="The road from Doshi to Do Shakh at the northern end of the Pass will be 10 metres wide on the flat ground and 9 metres wide on the rougher ground. According to the nature of the terrain the curves will have the following lengths: 125 metres, 60 metres and 20 metres only in very exceptional cases. The maximum gradient will be 7 per cent. and in exceptional cases 10 per cent. The asphalt cover over the sub-base will have a thickness of 6 cm. 98 drainage constructions have been planned and 28 small bridges with a 5 to 2 metre span. 15 large and medium bridges will be built with spans varying between 53 and 30 metres. Buildings and houses are to be erected for various purposes in connection with the road." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P70_L4" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P70_L4_S1" CONTENT="The road from Jabalussaraj to Awlang at the Southern end of the Salang Pass will be 30 km. long and will have widths of 10 metres on the flat ground and of 9 metres on rougher ground. The curves will have lengths of 125 metres, 60 metres and in exceptional cases 20 metres. Gradients of the road will be 7 and 10 per cent. The asphalt cover over the sub-base will be 6 cm. thick. The plans include the construction of 26 drains, 11 small bridges, 12 crossings and 11 large and medium bridges with spans varying between 85 and 30 metres. The bridges will be built of iron girders and concrete slabs. Buildings and houses related to the road construction will be erected." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P70_L5" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P70_L5_S1" CONTENT="Phase III consists of the following:" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P70_L6" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P70_L6_S1" CONTENT="The road from Awlang to Do Shakh, including the 2½ km. Salang tunnel will be 25 km. long. The width of the road will be 10 or 9 metres according to the terrain. The plans include the construction of 63 drains, 12 small bridges with 2 metre spans, 5 small bridges with 4 metre spans and 2 large bridges to be constructed of iron girders and concrete. Houses and buildings necessary to the road construction and maintenance will also be erected." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P70_L7" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P70_L7_S1" CONTENT="Work on the Salang Highway Project was started in June, 1958." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P71_L11" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P71_L11_S1" CONTENT="The general depot building, 60 per cent." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P71_L12" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P71_L12_S1" CONTENT="The petrol tank building, 25 per cent." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P71_L13" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P71_L13_S1" CONTENT="The Minister of Public Works explaining some of the construction work on the Salang Highway to His Majesty the King (left)" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P71_L14" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P71_L14_S1" CONTENT="The laboratory building, 100 per cent." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P71_L15" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P71_L15_S1" CONTENT="Work on the Second and Third Phases will start as soon as the necessary equipment and materials have arrived." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P71_L16" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P71_L16_S1" CONTENT="Apart from the obvious economical advantages to be derived from the construction of this road, it is felt that it will also have beneficial social repercussions in that travel from the south to the north of the country will be made easier and more agreeable." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P71_L17" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P71_L17_S1" CONTENT="The expenditure incurred so far for the construction of the Salang Road is as follows :" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P71_L18" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P71_L18_S1" CONTENT="19,791,406 Afghanis, which represents the total expenditure incurred by the Government of Afghanistan and 12,237,367 U.S. dollars which represents the contribution of the Government of the U.S.S.R. through a loan agreement." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P71_L21" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P71_L21_S1" CONTENT="The Ministry's Supervisory Department has the responsibility and technical facilities for supervising the entire highway system in Afghanistan, and for undertaking the immediate repair of any damage done to bridges, drains, etc., on these roads. It is the duty of this Department moreover to supervise the asphalting work on highways included in the Plan, machine and technical projects, and transit affairs. Furthermore it has undertaken the supervision of the import of various types of machinery for road construction, surveys, laboratory equipment and spares of all kinds. The Department's function with regard to the transit project is to supervise the construction and asphalting of the Spin Boldak highway, the agreement regarding which was" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P74_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P74_L2_S1" CONTENT="incorporating a tunnel 2½ kilometres long" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P74_L3" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P74_L3_S1" CONTENT="signed with I.C.A. on June 30th, 1958." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P74_L4" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P74_L4_S1" CONTENT="The survey and design work on this" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P80_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P80_L2_S1" CONTENT="(ii) Radio Sound. The use of pilot balloons for collecting information about weather conditions is also new in Afghanistan. A course has been established in this subject as well and it is hoped that its graduates will help to spread meteorological knowledge throughout the country." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P80_L3" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P80_L3_S1" CONTENT="(iii) Technicians' Course. The purpose of this course is instruction in the use and repair of meteorological equipment. Graduates of the High School level are" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P82_L2" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P82_L2_S1" CONTENT="AN important measure taken in the field of communications during the third year of the Plan was the agreement for the installation of a 1,500 line telephone service for the city of Kandahar. According to the Agreement, signed with a Czechoslovakian company, the equipment necessary for this service will arrive in Afghanistan within fifteen months. Another important step was the installation of exchanges and new lines throughout the country. In this connection, eleven new exchanges have been installed in the capital and the provinces—such as in Lashkargah, Kandahar; Sher Shah Maina, Kabul; Herat and Parwan. Among the switchboards set up elsewhere in the country can be mentioned those at Badakhshan, Shibirghan, Chahar Burjak, Farah, Chakhansaur, Nangarhar, Pul-i-charkhi, Kabul and the Pactya Province. Lines amounting to about 200 kilometres in all have been extended during the year in Akcha, Guldar, Saighan, Moosa Khel and Shokhi; while the telephone service between Mazar-i-Sharif and Maimana has been doubled." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P82_L3" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P82_L3_S1" CONTENT="The new channel system units purchased for telephone and telegraphic purposes between Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif, and between Kabul and Spin Boldak, from the Siemens Company have arrived in Kabul. When these are installed it will be possible to carry four telephonic and six telegraphic communications on each pair of wires. As this new service cannot for technical reasons be operated on the present steel wires the Ministry has had to obtain new equipment, including copper wires, for use in the new channel system. 5,000 metal poles with all accessories such as brackets and insulators and 270 tons of copper wire have been purchased and imported from the Soviet Union, and improvement work began on the Kabul—Kandahar line in September, 1958. The work completed on the Kabul—Spin Boldak line through Kandahar is as follows:" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P95_L13" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P95_L13_S1" CONTENT="During 1337 the Ministry has prepared and presented for the inspection and study of expert organisations the following" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P95_L17" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P95_L17_S1" CONTENT="ii The Law of Trade Brokerage." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P95_L18" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P95_L18_S1" CONTENT="iii The Law of Registering Trade Marks." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P95_L19" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P95_L19_S1" CONTENT="iv The Law of Motor Vehicle Brokerage." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P95_L20" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P95_L20_S1" CONTENT="A special department of the Ministry has been continuously active in preparing trade statistics in Kabul and in all the customs houses throughout the country as well as at the borders. The monthly reports filed at all these customs houses are forwarded to the Ministry where they are systematically arranged. The annual trade volume statistics are derived from them." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P95_L21" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P95_L21_S1" CONTENT="The 1337 Export Statistics were arranged on the basis of the International Code System and published in Persian and in English in one volume early in 1338." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P95_L22" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P95_L22_S1" CONTENT="The import statistics for 1336 are in the process of being printed. Arrange-ments have been made to purchase all the necessary machinery for the future publishing of general statistics in Afghan-istan within the country." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P95_L23" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P95_L23_S1" CONTENT="During the year a course in statistics was instituted in which a number of officials from the Ministry as well as representatives from the statistical depart-ments of other ministries and organisa-tions took part. The course gave general information on statistics during the three months of its duration." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P98_L16" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P98_L16_S1" CONTENT="(22nd March, 1957 – 21st March, 1958)" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P98_L19" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P98_L19_S1" CONTENT="1,984 million Afghanis. This was" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
<TextLine ID="P98_L20" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P98_L20_S1" CONTENT="360 million Afghanis over the figure for" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P98_L24" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P98_L24_S1" CONTENT="Based on an international classification" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P107_L6" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P107_L6_S1" CONTENT="As a result of a Technical Assistance Agreement concluded with the Government of the West German Federal Republic on January 30th, 1958, the said Government is helping Afghanistan in technical schools, in providing fellowships, in geological survey, in the establishment of an office for the economic use of water resources and experimental workshops. The amount of money involved is around four million German marks." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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<TextLine ID="P107_L13" HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"><String ID="P107_L13_S1" CONTENT="Two delegations are at present working with the Ministry of Mines and Industries in geological and hydrological research. Some scholarships have been awarded to Afghan students for higher education in Germany. The survey of the Kokcha River, to cost approximately $160,000, has also been promised. A few economic advisers will also shortly be placed at the disposal of the Ministry of Planning." HPOS="0" VPOS="0" WIDTH="2550" HEIGHT="3301"/></TextLine>
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