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8. The Women's Welfare Society: To
uplift and raise the standard of the women
of Afghanistan, a women's Society was
established in Kabul, having courses in
various subjects, such as tailoring, foreign
languages, and child welfare etc. Its aim
is to give an uplift to the women and
to introduce them to the duties of modern
life, like home management and the trai-
ning of children etc. The work of this ins-
titution progresses day by day and much
activity is observed among the ladies.
The Vicinity and suburbs of Kabul:
Kabul province includes many fertile and
heavily populated valleys, the height of which
varies from one thousand to two thousand
metres (three thousand three hundred to
six thousand five hundred five feet) above
sea-level.
The city of Kabul is situated in the mid-
dle of these fertile valleys and lies between
34°-31'-North Latitude and 68°-18'-East
Lontgude, on the slopes of Asmai (6790 ft.)
and Sher-Derwaza (7166 ft.) mountains at a
height of 6000 ft. above sea-level. The city
of Kabul has a shape of a triangle, the
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