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KABUL UNIVERSITY Scale Model of the new Kabul University Campus. One of the most remarkable activities of Kabul University during the fourth year of the Plan was the construction of new university buildings at Aliabad, Kabul, the foundation stone of which was laid by Prime Minister Sardar Mohammed Daoud on June 5th, 1960. The building site was surveyed under special contract by American Pacific Architects and the building plan was prepared by the firm and checked by the Ministry of Public Works with a consequent contract which was signed between the Ministry and the German construction firm, Hotchief A.G. The campus would consist of a gymnasium, a central library with a capacity for 50,000 books, a dormitory for 800 students and buildings for the Chancellory and the Faculties of Engineering, Agriculture, Science and Social Science. Further, a contract was signed between the Ministry of Public Works and the Hochtief Company for the construction of a gymnasium bringing the total cost of the buildings to $6,958,645, of which the equivalent of 160,000 Afghanis will be provided by the government and the remainder by the I.C.A. Likewise, the cost of the gymnasium ($197,576) will be paid for partly by the Government and partly by the Asia Foundation. The University campus is scheduled to be completed within 1,000 days of commencement and the gymnasium will take one year. Kabul University has made considerable progress in the reorganisation of its administration for great efficiency, adopting a new system of promotion for Prime Minister Sardar Mohammed Daoud signing the memorial document for the new buildings of Kabul University. The foundation stone of the new campus was laid by him on June 5th. 21