{"book":"adl0980","page":48,"text":"COMMUNICATIONS\n\nDuring the fourth year of the Plan the Ministry of Communications has opened 85 new post offices, completed 14 new buildings for post offices, and has made arrangements for the completion of the channel system telephone communications between Kabul, Kandahar and Farah; Kabul and Torkham; and Kabul and Mazarisharif. Several new telegraph transmitters and receivers have been installed and the first telephoto transmitting centre has been opened.\nDuring the fourth year of the Plan the volume of telegraphic communication has increased by 12 per cent.; 30 teleprinters were imported, and students were recruited for training in their operation. Five telegraph stations were opened in Shindand, Shibirghan, Kizil Kala, Ghorat and Talukan. Wireless telephony has been considerably extended by the import of new equipment connecting Kabul with the United States, Europe, Pakistan, Iran and India. Wireless telephone connections between Kabul, Kandahar, Mazar, Maimana, Herat, Kunduz and Pulikhumri which were set up during the first three years of the Plan have been working very well. The revenue obtained from the wireless telephone communications increased by 30 per cent. over the previous year.\n865 kilometres of new wires were set up between various localities, and 8,000 metallic poles were imported for the purpose of extending channel system lines between Kabul and Mazar, and Kabul and Torkham and the equipment for channel system communications between Kabul and Kandahar, Kabul, Ghazni and Kalat, Kandahar and Spinboldak has been installed. An agreement has been signed with the Siemens Company for the provision of channel system equipment for communications between Kandahar, Grishk, Farah and Herat. The first storey of the automatic telephone exchange in Kandahar was completed at an expense of 1,000,000 Afghanis and work on the second storey is being continued.\nThe equipment for Kandahar telephone exchange was delivered and two Czechoslovak engineers and a group of Afghan technicians have commenced work on the internal wiring of Kandahar.\nTo meet the shortage of telephone lines for Kartachar in Kabul, a separate 200 line switchboard has been installed.\nThe Ministry of Communications has imported 50 tons of iron wiring, 40 automatic and battery operated switchboards with various capacities, 2,000 batteries, 1,800 telephones and a considerable amount of spare parts. The abovementioned equipment cost 2,000,000 Afghanis. New lines have been extended for 300 kilometres throughout the country and the number of new telephones in the capital and provinces has been increased by 10.5 per cent. since last year. Revenue from the telephones has increased by 10 per cent. accordingly.\nIn the field of radio broadcasting the Ministry of Communications succeeded in importing all the necessary equipment to install several new aerials and operate the stand-by diesel generators. This has resulted in a 50 per cent. increase in the broadcasting time of Radio Kabul, bringing it to 19½ hours per day. The Ministry's engineers found suitable frequencies to broadcast programmes for the Middle and Far East including Japan and Indonesia and are trying to find a better frequency for Europe. The Broadcasting House in Yakatoot has been completed and the studios will be completed during the coming year. The Ministry has imported 15 new amplifiers, 12 motor generators, 20 loud-speakers and a number of tape recorders, and repaired 100 old loudspeakers which are part of the public address system. 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