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Officials of the Ministry of Com-
munications participated, during the
fourth year of the Plan, in international
conferences on telecommunications and
made points about radio administration
and frequency limitations.
During the fourth year of the Plan the
Ministry of Communications received a
number of mechanical devices from the
United Nations and the Siemens Com-
pany. The draft agreement for wireless
telephone communications between India
and Afghanistan has been prepared and
is expected to be signed soon.
The building for Kandahar Communi-
cations Directorate and the building for
the Kandahar Telephone Exchange and
Channel System, which together cost
5,000,000 Afghanis, are very nearly com-
pleted. The buildings for the Channel
system in Ghazni and Kalat have now
been completed. Construction work on
buildings for the Directorates of Com-
munications in Maimana, Kapisa, Khost,
Nangarhar, Herat, Baghlan, Kunduz,
Talukhan and Pulikhumri, which together
will cost over 12,000,000 Afghanis, is
going on.
The Ministry has taken a number of
steps in connection with the training of
personnel. A number of young men have
been sent abroad for training in special
fields and training courses in Kabul have
been flourishing. Of students sent abroad
one has returned after obtaining his
doctorate in postal regulations. Three
others have returned from Germany after
studying channel telephone communica-
tions. Two young men were sent to
Germany, two to France and one to
Czechoslovakia to study various aspects
of engineering and communications. The
training course on the channel system in
Kabul was attended by ten students who
were subsequently employed by the Tele-
phone Department. Twelve boys and
girls trained in teleprinter operation in
Kabul were also employed by the
Ministry. The Communications School
run by the Ministry has made consider-
able progress during the fourth year of
the Plan. The students in the post and
telegraph class now number 40. A group
of young men was selected to study tele-
phone lines inspection. Practical study
has been flourishing in all classes:
students are often taken out by their
teachers to see the activities of various
departments of the Ministry in process.
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