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in the mountains, except in cases when the rocks have been especially difficult to blast and corners are 20 metres wide. Many bridges have been built in the first section and a hotel has been built to provide accommodation for travellers. The second section connecting Jaba-lseraj with Olang is 30 kilometres long, is also ready for asphalting and the same procedure for the corners has been adopted. The third section connecting Olang with Doshakh, which is 25 kilometres long, including the tunnel which is 2.5 kilometres long, and also has an iron and concrete bridge, is under construction. Each section has been provided with repair workshops, warehouses and housing for road maintenance personnel. With the completion of this highway, which would pass through the highest passes of the Hindu Kush Mountains, Afghanistan will have one of the best highways in the region, which will be both picturesque and very practical. The Torkham-Kabul highway, which is 77 miles long, has now been asphalted by the I.C.A. technicians under a special agreement which was signed between the Ministry of Public Works and the I.C.A. on June 21st, 1958. According to another agreement between the Ministry and the I.C.A. on March 3rd, 1957, the I.C.A. has been providing the necessary asphalting machinery for the road maintenance project. Another agreement was reached on June 3rd, 1958, with an American Company to build and asphalt the Spinboldak-Kandahar highway. An agreement was signed with another American company for the surveying and photographing of the site and the actual work began in September, 1959. The Bagram Airport has been very Machinery at work at Kabul airport. Prime Minister Sardar Mohammed Daoud signing the document which will be placed at the foundations of Kabul airport.