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VOL. XVIH, NO. 22 TUESDAY, APRIL, 15, 1980 (IIAMAL, 26, 1359, A.II.) Price Afs. 6 RC Approves DKA Basic Principles

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Babrak Karmal, General Secretary of PDPA CC, President of RC and Prime Minister addressing the RC meeting. , April 15, (Bak-htar- ). The great and hi- storic meeting of the Rev- olutionary Council of the Kurmul's message passed Karmal Afghan-Sovi- et Youth Friendship Democratic Republic of was held at RC headquarters yesterday to Kabul Hindus, Sikhs Greeted . by Park to be built in Kabul afternoon under the cha- irmanship of Babrak Ka- KABUL, April 15, (Bakhtar). Cong- KABUL, April 15, (Bakhtar). In order to further consolidate frien- Secretary Organisation for Afghan Youth and the rmal, General ratulations and sincere wishes of Babrak Kar- Cea usescu dship between the Democratic of PDPA CC, President Soviet Komsomol, a memorial friendship park is being built in Kabul to PDPA CC, Pre- of RC and Prime Minis- mal, General Secretary of the KABUL, April 15, (Ba- be called the Friendship Park of Afghan and Soviet Youth on a 138 acre ter of DBA. At this meet- sident' of RC and Prime Minister, leading khtar). According to plot along the Darulaman Avenue. ing the DBA Basic Princi- members of the DRA Party and government Information Department ples were unanimously ap- were conveyed yesterday by Information and of the Ministry of Foreign proved in an atmosphere, Culture Minister to Hindu and Sikh compat- Affairs, a message sent to of sincerity and solidar- Babrak Karmal, General a 1 ity. riots on the occasion of "Weisak" at grand Secretary of the PDPA At the beginning of the ceremony held at Pir Ratan Nath Temple, CC, President of RC and meeting a few verses fr Kabul. Prime Minister of DRA by om Holy Koran was rec-- , Nicolae Ceausescu, Pres- ited by Qari Fakher. Af The grand ceremony held to. all Sikhs and Hindus on ident of the Socialist Re- terward, Babrak Karmal,;, by Kabul Hindus and Sikhs the occasion of "Wehak". public of Romanian was in a. speech opened rther. Was attended" 6AhdutMa- - "He. said the PDPA - and submitted to.Bahrak: Ka,-- ' meeting: and presented the jid . Sarbiland, minister' of" DRA government, after the' ' rmal by Nicolae ' Stefan, agenda to the, members Information and Culture, new phase of the Saur Re- Romanian Non Resident of the Revolutionary Cou- Mohammad Khan Jalalar, volution, have supported all Ambassador at a recent ncil. Minister of Commerce, so- democratic freedoms of va- meeting in Kabul. At this meeting the me Party cadres, high-rankin- g rious fraternal nationalit- Nicolae Ceausescu has DRA's Basic Principles officials Indian Am- ies, religions and faiths and J extended his warmest con- were approved after a bassador and a large num- all those who ore defend- gratulations occas- discussion and expression ber of Hindus and Sikhs. ing national honour, inde-penden- on the of views by RC members, 'and sovereignty ion of election of Babrak Karmal as General Secr- in a democratic and free A Hindu welcomed the of their sacred land. ' etary of PDPA CC, L I atmosphere of full und- audience to the ceremony the . President of RC Presid- ' erstanding and sincerity. marking "Weisak", the re- The Indian ambassador, and Prime Minister Similarly, at yesterday's ligious festival of Sikhs Jaskaran Singh Tcja, spoke ium of DRA, wishing Babrak meeting of the Revolution- 'and Hindus. He said "we on amicable relations bet- 4 Karmal good, health and ary Council a number of are happy that this year ween India and Afghanist- success to carry out the other decisions were also this auspicious day is be- an, expressing appreciation grave responsibilities put made. ing marked undsr favour- for equality and justice am- on his shoulders by the able conditions when our ong various nationalities TALUQAN, April 15, people of Afghanistan. country has undergone pro- and tribes living in Afgh- (Bakhtar). 33 citizens of Similarly, Nicolae Cea- Sapling is being plantedin the Afghan-Sov- iet Youth Friendship Park found changes creating a anistan. Taluqan who had been kept usescu has expressed his sense of freedom, security and Pakistani in custody after being mis- best wishes to Babrak Ka- Habib Mangal, member nin, the founder of the chauvinism and tranquility after the The congratulatory mes- is reactionary circles". led by enemies were relea- rmal, the PDPA CC the of the PDPA CC and head Land of Soviets which grip of Amin's bloody band sage of Democratic Orga- ad- sed after investigation. At RC and the DRA Govern- party social organiz- meanwhile based on the The Bakhtar reporter was loosened on the throats nisation for Afghan Youth of the a gathering attended by the ment wishing them succ- before opening the will of the working people ds that Lt. Colonel Gul of our working people". were also read on the occa- ations secretary to the provincial ess to defend the Saur spoke on the . "And this Aqa, member of the PDPA sion by a member of the work committee, some of Afterward, iWajid, Sar- continue between the friendship", he declared, CC and that of RC Presid- party Organisation. Revolution and of friendship the former detainees exp- biland, conveyed the con- the new phase of this rev- Afghan and Soviet peoples "is steadily gaining stren- ium and President of Poli- ressed readiness to elimina- gratulations and sincere wi- olution. saying this friendship has gth in the interest of the tical Affairs Department of CHARIKAR, April 15, te the enemies of the Saur shes of leading members of successfully stood the test peoples of both countries the DRA Armed Forces al- (Bakhtar). A number of Revolution and the the party and government The President of the So- and been further despite the plots hatched, so spoke on the traditional Laghmani village inhabit- of time cialist Republic of Rom-ni- a consolidated after the glo- by imperialism led by the Afghan-Sovie- t friendship, ants have donated 12 chairs has assured Karmal rious es- US, Chinese hegemonistic (Continued on page 4) and a table to , the local of the decisive support of pecially following its new girls' primary school which the people of Romania in phase. was received by Parwan the stru- .. J. connection with He added that friendship Education Department with people of Af- ggles of the between the great Soviet thanks. ghanistan safegaurd the r to and the brave Afghan peo- revolutionary values ag- ples has been a valuable le- Watanjar ainst reactionary and im- gacy of Vladimir Ilyich Le-- perialist efforts to obstru- returns from ct the progressive regime in Afghanistan. He has sa- Dost returns yr Soviet id the people of Romania A Union are convinced that the from visits to marching on the path ope- KABUL, April 15. (Bak- ned up by the Saur Revol- htar). Minister of Co- nations ( ution is irreversible. The Arab mmunications, Mohammad people of Romania take (Ba- A; Aslam Watanjar, returned KABUL, April 15, m joy in any victory achiev- DRA Minister of j from the yes- khtar). ed by the people of Afgh- Mo- terday afternoon. Foreign Affairs, Shah t anistan under the PDPA Dost and his de- hammad He was greeted at the leadership. legation returned home yes- Kabul International Airp- terday after official frien- message also touc- ort by some members of the The dly visits to a number of if-vf- " W relations CC and the Council hes on bilateral Arab countries. PDPA Democratic of Ministers, d representa- between the Dost and his delegation Afghanistan Mohammad Dost, on arrival at Kabul Int- tive of the Protocol Dep- Republic of were greeted at the Kabul. Shah Socialist Repub- Airport at the end of friendly visits to artment of the Ministry of and the International Airport by ernational lic of Romania and other some Arab countries. Foreign Affairs and Minis- Deputy Minister of Foreign matters related to , the ter Counsellor of the Sov- Affairs, Abdul Hadi Muka-mc- l, region. iet Embassy in Kabul. Dr .Rawan Farhadi, AlBAK. "April 15, (Ba- Adviser; Abdul Aziz Wa-da- Heading a uRA delega- khtar). Severe tremors Director General for Siberian Exile tion, Aslam Watanjar, had rocked Aibak and its sub- Administration and a few gone to on April urbs at 2.49 m. yesterday. other high-ranki- oflicials P (See p. 2) 3 for talks on technical co- No report has been receiv- of the Ministry of Foreign Aslami Watanjar is welcomed by Majld Sarbiland operation in the field of co- ed losses that may Affairs, Iraqi Ambassad- Airport on arrival from about the at Kabul International mmunications between have been caused by the or and Charge d'Affaires of Moscow. the two countries. one-minu- long earthquake. the Libyan Embassy. )

KABUL NEW TIMES, TUESDAY, APRIL, 15, 1980.

On February 13, JB97, "Lenin'g sentence- - --three TOWARDS THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF LENIN'S BIRTH years' exile in Eastern Si- beria was announced to him. That was the punish- -' Lenin's Short Biography party. In the book What ment the tsarist authorit- Is To Be Done? Lenin de- Tim Second Parly ies meted out to him for PART III alt a crushing olow to the his revolutionary activit- Economists. He ' showed ies. Economism to be a variety Decisions While in exile, Lenin Plenum C1DFD1AH J of international opportu- drew up a draft program nism. The book was thus The second PDPA CC Pl- stoms and traditions pr- me for the party and directed against interna- enum met at the headqu- evailing in the country wrote more than thirty1 tional as well as Russian arters of the Revolution- to guide the public as to books and pamphlets. opportunism. comp- ary Council on April 13, which one is useful and There Lenin also EXILE In elabotaring his the- approving, among other be enhanced and which leted his book The Devel- ory of the revolutionary things, the DRA Basic one is harmful and be opment of Capitalism in party of the working class Principles and the PD- discarded. , which was publi- Lenin attached the utmo- The people's rights and shed in 1899. PA Charter. st importance to equipp- sic Marxist propositions - ,' was a constructive me- freedoms have been sp- i It ing the Party with a mil- were opposed by the opp- eting indeed because it urned in this country for Lenin always regarded itant scientific program- ortunists. But all their a sh- centuries under despots as a living, achieved much in de. me. were rebuffed by DRA Basic who, from time to veloping doctrine, which attacks ort time. The time, To bring the Party's pr- supporters. to serve, wiped people not only had to be applied1 the Iskra Principles are the like ogramme home to the pe- ' ' The Congress, by a maj- on temporary basis, as dust on their boots. , in practice, but had to be a asants, Lenin wrote a pa- ority of votes, adopted the With victory of elaborated and devt loped. the nation's constitution the the mphlet in the spring of revolutionary programme finalizat-io- n glorious Saur Revolu- At friendly and therefore 1903 entitled To the Rural drafted by the editorial of a great task tion, the people felt de- Lenin would join in such Poor in which he simply board of Iskra. imp- ep down in their the chorus singing. He is of tremendous hearts and clearly explained wh- Guided by this progra- ortance to people. a sparkle of hope so was particular fond of re- the that at the workers' party was mme, the Party was able Besides, party charter the entire population volutionary songs. the out to achieve and why to wage a successful fight is interest to the may enjoy ample dem- Even in his remote exile of vital i the poor peasants should for the victory of the soci- is on- ocratic rights free- Lenin carefully followed -- PDPA which the and ally themselves with the alist revolution in Russia. ly political party in the doms. the development of the workers. it It took the Party , nearly country. However, the working-clas-s movement. revolution fifteen years of hare, her- As disclosed by the Bakh-ta-r was sidetracked from its 1902 sp- amarxis1Tpa-rt- y Early in police oic struggle and persever- report, DRA Ba- right course by Mafizu-lla- h for the new type ies got on the tracks of ing, selfless effort, privat- pr- Amin, a 7 of a sic Principles contain headed Iskra. It became necess- ions and sacrifice to fulfil res- dragon who ' ovisions concerning thirsted for As soon as Lenin reg- ary to leave Munich, as its first programme. , blood. During his app-Jie- pect to Islam national reign ained his freedom, he d further stay there was da- The Second Congress of customs traditions, ; of terror which fortun- it and himself energetically ngerous.' The editorial bo- the R.S.D.L.P. wis' a turn- ately long- - the people's rights and did not last to the realisation of his ard decided to transfer pu- ing point not only in democrac- 95 days, Afghan- freedoms and er than plan, for which he made blication of the newspap- Russia's but in the world's y- ' istan lost so many dist- careful and thorough pre- er to London. Lenin arri- labour movement. inguished engineers, do- parations. The whole of i',i.!iiV" ved there in April 1902. In the shape of the Bo- follo- ctors, The PDPA especially writers, artists, 1900 was spent in intensi- Living in the English ca- lshevik Party there appea- wing victory of the etc. it will take the that it ve work on the organisat- - The Ulyanov family. pital, Lenin closely stud- red a powerful force cap- ab- decades to replace. ion an new phase under the of all Russian Politi- Photo, 1879 ied the labour movement able of rallying the wor- leadership of Luckily the new phase has le Babrak cal newspaper. and the life of the English king class and all the wo- of brought us, Karmal shows a lot after three In May 1900, while on a procured. The German So- Labour parties had ex- workers, and attended me- rking people of Russia for respect to as and a half Islam the months, the secret visit to St., Peters- cial Democrats were ve- isted in Western Europe etings and gatherings. the overthrow of the pow- 99.99 ;,, present provisions religion of of whi- burg, Lenin was detained ry helpful in this respect. long before a proletarian Ln the spring of 1903 Le- er of the landowners and the people of Afghanis- ch will be evidently 'el- - Ru-- by the police. In December of the same party was formed in , ( nin moved from London capitalists and for the bu- tan. counter - revo- aborated upon in The due Lenin was shortly rel- year the first issue of Isr,-kr- ssia. to Geneva, where Iskra ilding of . The lutionaries and world course. Now it is up to eased. His further stay in appeared. Every iss- Lenin envisaged an en- was then being printed. Bolshevik Party, organis- imperialism under the the rank and file to use Russia was obviously be- ue carried the motto "The tirely different kind of The convocation of the ed by Lenin and his sup- of reg- rights freed- influence US and their and coming dangerous. Tsari-s- Spark Will Kindle a Fla-- . party, a truly revolution- Party's Second Congress porters, became a model oms judiciously jo- ional reaction level all and sensed in Lenin a po- me!" And that is what ary proletarian party ca- had now become an urg- for all communist and sorts of allegations in forces with their pro- werful enemy. happened eventually. pable of organising and ent task. Lenin gave a go- workers' parties. against DRA without re- gressive party and gov- A great revolution- leading the working class od deal of his time to ma- alizing that those at ernment to establish pe- With great difficulty, ary conflagration burst of Russia to the assault of king arrangements for it. After the Second Con- the helm of affairs now ace and tranquility thr- gress the situation within Lenin managed to leave out i in Russia in the the tsarist autocracy and He planned the work of oughout country Party became more are staunch realists, and the as On . dr- the the country. July 16, flames of which the tsar-i- bt capitalism. In order to le the Congress, prepared as ov- no rights and ever. The such, they never freedoms 1900, he left for Germany, autocracy and the cap- ad the workers' moveme- aft resolutions for it and complicated than erlook the religion of could be adequately thus beginning the first italist- system met their nt, to become its guiding drew up the Rules of the Mensheviks now took the their people. without peace. of his of emigrat- Party; place of the defeated Eco- periods doom. , force, the Party had to be respect th- Therefore, to Islam ion. It lasted for more th- Iskra began to appear at armed with advanced re- nomists and continued on objec- is gratifying to see The- is a fact based It that an five years. a time when the revolut- volutionary theory, the The Second Congress of eir opportunist line. tive conditions prevail- the second plenum of Iskra (The Spark) was ionary movement, headed theory of Marxism. the Russian Social Dem- re began a fierce and stu- country PDPA CC has apn-rove- d struggle between ing in the and .the the name selected for the by the working class, was Lenin showed that in ocratic Labour Party op- bborn to ex- ia Bolsheviks and Men- not something be the PDPA Charter revolutionary mounting" in Russia. the conditions of bourg- ened in July 1903. the - and adopted a was to last ploited for propaganda number of newspaper. Lenin arrived On Lenin's initiative eois society there could Lenin took an active pa- sheviks which important decis- purposes. other in Munich, where the ne- and under' his guidance, only be an ideology of the rt in steering the Congr" for many years. Also a wise leadership in ions which may have wspaper to be publis- - su- was' Iskra promotion , groups bourgeoisie or of the pr- ess. Together with his any country does not in- , profound and eff- th- radical hed. Indeed, Iskra was Le and a network of agents oletariat. There was no pporters he conducted a Lenin made it clear dulge in any act ect on life of the pe brain-chil- d. at Party's constant co- that the nin's were set up in Russia. Th- middle line. The bourge- vigorous fight for Iskra the may ' to ople of Afghanistan. to expend ar:d be detrimental A number of problems' ey circulated the paper, oisie being the ruling cl- policy against the opport- ncern was customs We are sure the prevailing that the noble arose in connection with sent in letters, irticles and ass, it had greater means unists. The minutes of the consolidate its ties with and traditions.- - But a pr- people of Afghanistan working-clas- s masses. thd launching of the new- other material pnd and opportunities for sp- Congress record over a hu- the ogressive leadership do--' will further consolidate spaper money had to bo organised collections in reading its ideology than ndred speeches, remarks Without these ties it co- di- unity es one thing more. It their and solidar- raised, printing premises support of the paper. the proletariat. and rejoinders by Lenin. uld not live and develop, ity party stinguishes between the with the and found and Russian type Lenin attached great Lenin attached particu- There was a long and During the crucial per- government of DRA useful and the harmful and importance to the work lar importance to the tra- heated debate over the dr- iod of the inner party st- ones, no reactionary fo- encouraging the allow of Iskra agents. Under his ining of professional rev- aft programme of the Par- ruggle most of the Party former and discouraging rces to sow the seeds of guidance and training th- olutionaries from among ty. Lenin and his suporte-r- s committees in Russia al- the through pers-uatio- n discord among them. latter ey became courageous, de- the workers. advocated a 'revolution- igned themselves with the on logical With the strong support based voted party organisers and Lenin's plan for build- ary programme, the thesis Bolsheviks. Most 'of the reasoning. ' given by the people our fighters for people's ing up the Party was op- of the dictatorship of the professional revolutiona- was party and governmept the It about time that cause. posed by the Economists. proletariat, the alliance ries and Party members Department of Cu- will succeed in fighting the Lenin was the guiding Denying the proletariat of the working class and from among the workers lture Ministry of and wiping out the ene- at the spirit of the newspaper, an independent political the peasantry, the right of gave Lenin their whole Information and Cult- - mies of Saur Resolut- The house in Shushensko-y- e which played a decisive role, they were also op- nations to self determi-- i hearted support. The vast ure made preparations ion and ensuring peace where Lenin lived In role in the building up posed to the creation cf an nation, and proletarian in- majority of the Party ra- to a book, amply and progress, prosperity publish exile. of the Party." independent revolutionary ternationalism. These ba-- llied behind thoir leader. illustrated but in very and welfare in Afghan-- : simple language, on cu- - istan. ' Commenting on the his- "aid" ensure democracy air. Simultaneously our ar- thirty kilometres away, ne- head and a rapid success- CC, Anis and peace and respect to toric PDPA the tillery bombarded the sho- ar Yuzhnaya Ozereika. Th- ion of desperate counter- edi- iT' daily in yesterday the freedoms and rights of - its reline that was already in at is in fact where the ma- attacks followed. But it L'W ff? says victo- our people at ... X.t torial after the this historic ' our sights. Into the rolling in landing should have been, was too late; our troops - . of phase, says paper. ry the glorious Saur the thunder of explosions burst but a storm blew up de- had managed to get a firm we been "Our party", paper Revolution, have the blazing volleys from a "Kat- laying the departure of the hold. They captured seve- eye-catc- hing imi witnessing says, "has sprung from yusha" it was the first ti- landing craft; the ground ral street blocks in Stani- changes and successes in among the people and se- me in military practice th- fortes were also late, arri- chka and three kilometres social, political and rves them day night various and at a multiple rocket laun- ving at the starting point. of railway line. And they economic aspects cf life in an attempt to ensure th- cher had ever been mount- Meanwhile the breakthro- did not retreat an inch th- of the people. Inspite of eir happiness and prosper- ed on a trawler,, the Sku-mbriy- a. ugh by Kunikov's men, wh- ough their losses were high. -- the shamless conspiracies ity". '' Two torpedo boats ich the enemy had not ex- The soldiers and sailor? we- of world imperialism led The holding of the Ple- going full out cut across the pected, proved very succ- re true to their vow and by US and its accomplices num was important bec- LI. BREZHNEV bows of the assault , rraft essful, so we immediately they knew they had to stand including Chinese hegem-onis- m ause it unanimously app- screen in exploited our advantage. firm until the main forces the Saur Revolut- roved the DRA Basic Pr- laying a smoke L.I. Brezhnev, General Se- cr-a- They were still in the ft arrived. ion wi- inciples proposed by their wake to shield cretary of CPSU CC, Pre- is gaining strength the PART III , high spirits over the suc- of In CC from shore-baie- d ene-- The landing that was in- sident of Presidium of th the passage time. PDPA Politburo and cess of the landing and th- my fire. A patrol boat tended as a show of force Supreme Soviet. I them, USSR opened fire on th area of became a secondary attack at's how remember i And so the night of the the fish cannery, neutrali- and then the main landing. I take this opportunity landing I very well zing any gun came. posts t that With it began the epic of. Over a period of several to say a word in praise of remember the ', prevailing had survived the bombar- Little Land. Forcing their nights two' marine brigad- the partisans, it anyone th- mood at the pier. I saw no dment. The moment Kuni-kov'- s way through a curtain of es, an infantry brigade, an inks of them as isolated gr- gloomy faces. If anything men rushed ashore fire our task force manag- anti-tan- k .regiment and se- oups of some sort in the they were cheerful and our batteries lifted their ed to seize a tiny but very veral other-unit- were land- enemy rear, he is wrong. showed impatience. Sailors barrage. important sector of the sh- ed on the beachhead. Hun- Many detachments did spr- were lugging crares at the ore near Stanichka just out- dreds of tons of ammuni- ing up spontaneously, but its march towards progr- the Council of Ministers. double and shouting In war not everything go- side Novorossiisk. About a tion and ood supplies we- they had a central headq- ess, the glorious Saur Rev- It also approved the PD- I remember as- es according to plan. An thousand fascists were kill- re put ashore. Five days la- uarters under Party guid- olution removes every ob- PA Charter and made a king a sailor: "What's engagement often takes a ed, four guns were seize! ter there ' were already ance and from time to time was told that some- stacle which obstruct its number of other decisions, and course not quite, and and immediately turned to 17,000 ' fighting men in and carried out large-scal- e ope- rapid advancement, the the Anis goes on. it meant "Watch out!" Th- times not at all, as mapp- fire on the enemy. An ho- around 'Stanichka and My; rations coordinated with I subm- Anis delcares . The decisions of the his- at was how learned ,thn ed out at headquarters. And ur and a half later the se- skhako equipped with the plans of the regular ar- The holding of the hist- toric plenum will have a meaning of the word. that is when the courage, cond group of the task for- arine-gun- mortars, ca- my command. This was so oric PDPA CC Plenum useful impact on all aspe- dedication and initiative of ce landed here and then the nnon 'and anti-tan- k weap- on Little Land, where all under the Chairmanship of cts of life in Afghanistan. It was a very dark night every commander and po- third. Thrre were now 800 ons. Then five partisan de- five detachments were in Babrak Karmal, General For instance, the DRA Ba- on February 3, 1943. The litical officer and of every men on the shore. tachments!-- "Za Rodinu" charge of P. I. Vasev, sec- Secretary of the PDPA CC, sic Principles expressing a motor boats with the task soldier and sailor are ind- (For Ouf'Motherland),i"Gr-oza- " retary of the Novorossiisk President of RC and Prime great respect to Islam and force on board left Gelen-dhi- k eed beyond price. The his- The enemy brought up (Storm),-- . "Nord city committee of the Par- - ! Minister of DRA has been the desireable customs quietly for Tsemest-kay- a torians of the war know fresh units to the landing Ost" ( North-East- ) "Novy-- ty, who worked clnrxly with one of the important steps and traditions and the vast Bay. Deploying there, that an attempt had been site, the fascist airforce bo- (New), and "Yastrebok" (L- our headquarters. to safeguard the gains of democratic rights and fre- they headed for the shore, made to establish a beach- mbed it, heavy guns be- ittle Hawk) were landed the revolution, st.cngthen edoms of the oeople. as signal fljres rose in the head elsewhere, at a place gan pounding the beach-- . on Little Land. (Continued on page 4) ' f . KABUL NfcW 'TIMES, TUESDAY, APRIL, 15, 1980.

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i:.idK.-"r.,.Jl ; 1: - - Jj ..iuLvJriZTt i i ' '. t .i" r.. J By Our Own Reporter By Our Own Reporter they seem to be part of a north western part of the large school-lik- e building interior wall and runs th- ad- Historians ay that wh- Chesht is one of the which has been ruined by rough the eastern part. It Her- en Alexander the Great ministrative units of natural disasters in the is very beautifully inscrib- conqured is located Herawa (the ltiaruddin at province and urse of history. The archs ed. Around the four archs present fou- of Obay. Herat) in the within the district and tombs which are seen of the building tiie verses rth century B.C. he is 170 kilometres far fr- built It today speaks of the grand- from Holy Koran are en- a strong fort on om the Herat city. There a large eur of a large building err-ecte- d graved in Kufic characters. two monuments hill located in the western are historic in the past. On the outer walls of these part which are known of Herat city. of in Chesht Khanaqas very delicate Herat as Khanaqas (a kind ot mo- As the inhabitants of the decorations are seen rev- nastery and fol- Historians' maintain th- where sufis district of Obay say these ealing the beauty of archi- at this is Cheshtiya sufistic probably the lowers of monuments are part of a tecture which was popular order get together and per- same fort which is known large building having se- 800 years in Herat. now form special services). as ven tombs and constructed i on the basis of a well-worke- d The Khanaqas of Chesht These two historic mo- out drawing. Accord- were constructed from the fo- numents are the , masterpie- For many years this ing to the local people this ordinary construction mat- of during rt was inhabited by the ces architecture building was constructed erials such as baked bricks, the rule of Ghiasud-di- n old natives of this city. In Sultan almost hundred years be- lime, and plaster of paris. the 11th century A.D. du- Mohammad. Ghori and fore the death of Sultan In some parts .ordinary - t are considered one of the ring the Ghaznavid peri- Maudoud, the leader of mud has, been used show- od Ghaz-na- cultural and architectural Sultan Masoud Order. ing the signs of repairs ma- - settled his troops in heritages of Ghorid period. this fort so, that the adva-nceme- nt According to the local eld- and invasion of ers these two monuments ' 1 Turkaman tribes, led by V, I"; r ,1 ? are the remains of a large Saljuqs, could be prevent- - building which had seven THE KHANAQAS ed. In a confrontation bet- gradually ruin- lel s ' tombs but ween the and . i ed with the passage of ti- Turkamans which led to me. OF CHESHT the seizure of power by Suljuqs the fort was tur- The present Chesht Kh- The ruins' seen around de in the later years. ned into a ruined place anaqas have a square form the two monuments show Authentic information is and later the Turkaman and are very high. Each of that other buildings had not available, about (he re- tribes were driven cut of the two monuments has fo- also been constructed aro- pair work done to these mo- 'Herat by Suljuqs. They re- ur archs. In one of the tom- und these monuments es- numents. However, it is paired the fort by emplo- bs there is one Tvlehrab (al- pecially on their northern believed that these The historic fort of Herat which is famous as Qala - i - Ikhtiaruddin. ying competent and ski- tar). side; Later excavations and monuments had great glo- archaeological lled builders. ' :.s studies will ry during the Ghorid pe- din played an important in air work on the military Though the author of He- reveal how vast the site of riod. But later they were strategic role. one kilometer long. Work museum of Herat has be- In 1175 A.C. Ghorids co- ' rat Shrines, Fikri Saljuqi, construction of these build- ruined and destructed as In 1959 A.C. the milita- on repairment of the upp- en completed. Likewise, nqured Herat and captu- and the He- ings will be. a result of the invasion of ry commander of Herat er northern walls is alm- the construction of Herat Guidebook of red the fort. In 1221 Che-ng- is rat authored by Mohamm- Chengis. The repair work Hayat Khan during the ost finished, and that of Museum and four , rooms ' sent his son Tolai ad Ibrahim Rejayee have In the interior section of might have been done by to kingdom of Zahir destr- the southern walls is con- around the base of Timu-r- i conqure Khorasan. He called these monuments one of these constructions private individuals. They Qala-i- - Tower, office as oyed Ikhtiaruddin tinuing. the and a collected an army of 12,-0- 00 fine inscription in Kufic have not been repaired te- and turned it into a ruin- The work on construct- four rooms above the off- Khanaqas a close study of soldiers and. conqur- letters attracts the attenti- chnically. At present they ed place and put up a nu- ion of three gallerries i of. ice has been finished and these monuments reveal ed Herat and settled his on of every visitor. The in- are in bad shape. mber of buildings out of the lower' part has been a part of the original wall that they are not in effect troops in Qala-i-Ikhtiar- u scription starts from the He completed. Each gallery of the northern side of Khanaqas and are not cons- ddin. its bricks and stones. tore down all the towers has 62 meters length and the fort will be completed tructed to serve the purp- Rep oses of a Khanaqa. Instead When Tolai md Mongols of the fort errected inside four meters width. and outside of it. He was returned to Kabul the pe- Samanid and Ghaznavid been elaborated upon by indeed the great enemy of ople of Plerat rebelled ag- eras . authors of later periods. knowledge and historic ainst the Mongol soldie- Ancient Texts A remarkable advanta- , This important work heritages of Afghanistan. rs. Chengis was informed ge of this book is that it was produced between the In 1960 Dr. Andia Br- of the event and he bec- also serves as an antholo- years 1062 and 1063 towa- uno the famous professor ame so farious that he gy of poems composed by rd the end of the reign of I 1 of the College of Archite- n sent 80,000 troops to crush By Farouq Nilab Kahimi ppets,of the above periods. Shahabud Dowla Sultan Mi cture of Italy conducted a the people of Herat. Aft- In other words, had it not Masoud ben Sultan Moh-mou- d survey of historic mo- er a long bloody battle the been for this collection," Ghaznavi and in numents of Herat under a Following the Samanid" and a six month besiege nothing would have been the beginning of the Salj-uki- d technical cooperation pr- policy of cultural patron- of in the left of those illustrious po- rule in Khorassan. ogramme between Afgha- age, the Ghaznavid rulers Chengis army entered the ets to represent them and The author's style is indi- and Italy., made great efforts to flo- fort. Except 40 soldiers nistan their muse to as. cative of what was domi- In his survey he expre- urish the ancient rich cu- the entire army of Cheng- nant in the era in which ssed hope that lture of their homeland, is were killed in war aga- . Tarjumanul Balagha the Ghaznavids were in due to its histor- Aryana, in accord with inst the Herati people, The also describes various sty- the height of their power ical importance would be the requirements of their fort, however, was comp- les used by various poets, and glory. repaired. August 1975. strong character and Ary- ' letely ruined and it took In analysing their individual A.C. Professor Biuno tog- an ingenuity. Taking us- half a decade to restore approach, attitudes and ta- As regards his phraseo- ether with his two aides eful steps, these rulers did the damages done to He- lents with examples of th- logy, one is struk by its completed the topographic not spare any benevolent rat as a result of the war. eir products. similarity with that of survey of endeavour. Encouraging :'.'r: Bayhaqi, the most prpmi-nie- nt In 1976 Niar-o- bi great scholars of ege, Mongols then appointed in the their Another advantage of author of the time. Conference it was dec- the Ghaznavid monarchs a local family known as this work has been its ef- The author amazingly ... ided that the repair expe- greatly enriched Khorass-an'- s Kurt to rule Herat. Malik fect :on the later period enploys polished, fortuit-uou- s, nse of a part of the fort culture in a consiste- Fakhruddin (died in 1307 authors. One of those lucid and precise wo- - should be covered through A.C.) a member of kurt fa- international campaign. nt and fruitful manner. mily and the ruler of Her- And through stuffing In 1976 the repair work ; i v at orderd, to repair the treasury coffers t t on their and fort. But before his order vaults with , tremendous was started under the su- "TARJUMANUL was executed 'le d'ed and from conquered to- pervision and responsibil- wealth another person called wns and territories in Ind- ity of Dr. Bruno and the The Khanaqa ot Chesht-l-Shari- f. who was also Bokha- local and foreign experts. ia, Khwarazm and BALAGHA" a descendant of Kurt dy- to tran- Its repair work is rapidly ra, they were able nasty repaired the fort slate their ideas regarding going on. So far more thin with hard effort and bro- cultural expansion into 40 percent of the repair ught it to its present sh- By collecting the who has practically mode- rds as well as clear terms work has been completed. action. ape. The fort is now kn- top men of learning and lled his important book, of peculiar to the era. Needed has ' own after him as letters in Ghazni and pre- similar nature, has been Tarjumanul Balagha 19 towers of which three Mo- paring the ground for th- Khwaja Rashiduddin was surprisingly unknown towers in the eastern rart, eir studies and research- hammad Watwat Balkhi. until 1949. The man who Afghan Construction Unit Kabul needs 21 items three near the southern hi- In 1318 Timure the lame es, they earned laurels And he has dedicated his dug it out and earned building and furnitures hardwares. entrance gate and one kn- Fidaqa-yequs- dethroned the Kurt fam- for in history, "Hadayequs Shcr h mself the praises pf all Local and foreign firms willing to supply should own as Timurj Topwer themselves ily and took the power in Sher" to Atsez scholars interested submit their sealed offers to the ACUK Foreign have been repaired. The ' his own hand. He tore do- The authors in this age Khawarazm' Shah. in ancient manuscripts Section in Pulicharkhi, until June. 25. remaining towers are un- wn of su- was Ahmad Atash. Trans- 1980. the thick walls der repair. were enabled through the Herat city and sent the ch patronage to compile Watwat admits in the cribed in the year 1114, Specifications can be obtained for Afs. 1000 from gates of the city to Sama- valuable works in various foreword of the above th- this only copy was lying the above1 mentioned section. Atsez Ist- rkand. He built a beautif- fields ranging from natu- at Khwarazm Shah at the Fateh Library, (22) 3- -3 showed him a copy of Tar- anbul. He prepared a crit- ul tower in the northwes- Home briefs ral sciences fo history, lit- tern part of erature, geography, etc, jumanul Balagha, asking ical text and foot notes which is known now leaving a remarkable leg- him to author a similar of scholarly value which FARAH, April 15, (Ba-khtar- ). work. He was actually, co- were printed together at as Timurid tower. 10 families from acy for the later generati- ons has mmissioned do job. the Khorosh ..Printing Ho- Kah, provin- whose value not to this Needed Qalai Farah In 1391 A.C. Timur the diminished in the course Therefore, one could say use, Istanbul, in 1949. ce, returned to their homes lame appointed his son of past 1,000 years or Tarjumanul Balagha had last Friday. They had ab- the Banayee Construction Unit needs one complet Shahrukh as the ruler of so. On the contrary, these played a decisive role in Ahmad Atash has also andoned their dwellings as authomatic telephone unit, 5 X 25 lines, with 25 un Herat. Shahrukh ruled works help many scholars the production of Watwa-t'- s prepared the photostat co- a result of oppression and it phones on tables. Herat until the death of to solve important proble--. work . py of the manuscript for torture under Hafizulluh , Businessmen, local and foreign firms, willing to his father ( 1447 A.C). Du- mS as they proceed. One use by experts, annexed Amin and his band of cri- Hsupply should submit their offers to the Banayee ring half a century when of these being introduced As suggested by Yaqoot to the printed copy. In his minals. Construction Unit, until June. 10. 1980 and be pre Od-aba- to text, he ruled in Herat he not to our readers i known Hamawi in "Mujamul ", introduction the They were welcomed on ai sent on same date for bidding. only restored the damages "Tarjumanul Balaeha". Watwat had really written in Turkish, he their return by local offic- Specifications can be obtained from Foreign Su- done to the fort as a res- modelled his book on Ta- has also refuted the claim ials and inhabitants. pply Section of Banayee Department and securities of his invasi- above is a woik of rjumanul B,alagha and qu- made by certian scholars ult father's f The are' required. (21) on but also contributed high literary value autho- oted the later in many in- that Tarjumanul Balagha 33 CHAGHCHARAN, April Farr-uk- hi much to the advancement red by Mohammad ben stances had been penned by 15 (Bakhtar). Officials, .i development of art. Al Radoyani dealing wi- Siestani, the promin- and students and teachers of and in Herat. th symantics used both in It is now conjectured th- ent poet at the court of culture Chaghcharan took active prose and poetry by the at Tarjumanul Balagha Sultan Mahmoud in Gha- Needed part in cleaning Kasi . stre- zni; In 1597 Shaibani Khan prominent writers and po- has influenced Sham? Qa-- is am, saving approximately Uzbeck conqured Herat ets of the Ghznavid era. Razi, the author of Tarjumanul Balagha Afs. 50,000. Afghan Construction Unit Kabul, needs 23 ite and captured Fimaaeere Ashaar-u-l was printed for the seco- ms Marble Factory materials. the end of this volun- - Ajarii''. ' 19-5- 9 and in 1510 A.C At As shown- by research However, one nd time in Tehran in Local and foreign firms willing to supply should Safavids captured Herat tary collective work, the scholars, this has been the thirtg is' crystal clear and by AH Qawim with an- Pr- J submit their sealed offers to the ACUK Foreign vict-tor- y local governor appreciated and celebrated their first book ever cornpiled that is: Tarjumanul Bala- other introduction and ocurement Section until June, 21, 1980 in Pulicha their active participation, wijth ctt-em- . to deal this subject gha has been the first more foot notes but des- rkhi. wishing for their further showing the inner meani- ever made to formu- pite these details the 165 Specifications can be obtained for Afs. 1000 from successes building In all the battles fought in ngs, 'delicate nuances and late and encompass syma pages make an interesting the same section. (23) 33 in Herat d- innuendos in the poems of ntics in Dari which 'has reading, KABUL NEW TIMES, TUESDAY, APRIL, 15,

CERTIFICATES DISTRIBUTED Friendship Park KABUL, April 15, (Bak-htar- ). 83 graduates of the fir- taught by 24 teachers. . Certificates f st and second grades rec- The function was also By Our Own Reporter the wo- eived certificates with so- attended by Deputy Rec- we- me presents provided by tor of Kabul University, i. (Continued from page 1) rkers literacy 'purses attempt failed relations between their TODAY'S TELEVISION funct- the agency. President and employees A burglary saying the construction of re distributed at a inn-keep- youth organizations. when the watchful er ion held at the Kabul Un- Presently, 48 literacy co- of the Agency for Camp- this park symbolizes the ex- Afterwards, the head of asked the police for iversity auditorium yes- urses have been opened aign against Illiteracy, and isting fraternity and frien- Ayub Khan Maina Project Wednesday night TV: help, the criminal police terday. for the Kabul University the university employees dship between Afghan aid supplied the audience with Child and film, music, he reported. workers with 9118 students end workers. Soviet youths and this will information on the park, alth, women, society and One of the two burglars, Following recitation of . once more enrage the ene- followed by planting of sa life, news and commentary, Sakhi, was captu- a few verses from the ho- Ghulam mies of the people of Af- plings by members of both art and artists. i the other ran ly Koran and playing of red while ghanistan and those of hu- organizations amid joy and police added. the national anthem, Pr- away, the manity US world imper- revolutionary slogans. PHARMACIES ! esident of the Agency for They had attempted to ialism, Chinese renegades Campaign Against Illite- rob' shops in Nurullah Mar- and Pakistani militarist cir- The new park will be pro Following medical stores j racy, Kabul University 7 ket during night curfew last cles, "I am fully convinced, vided with a restaurant, a will remain open from 8 Rector and Director Gen- week, scrambling the wall he stated, "the Democra- cinema, a children play-- i a.m. Wednesday until 8 a.in.j ' eral of Operations of the at 2 a.m. Learning about tic Organization for Afgh- ground, public toilets, a J Thursday: above agency spoke on the their enterance, the an Youth will prove its parking lot and other uti-- j Qesmat, Bibi Mehro, Ta-- j role of literacy and the Abdul Hamid, asked' worth". lities. riq, Mohammad Jan Khan, ' campaign against illitera- the patrol police for help. Karimi, Dashti Raichi, Pe-- J cy a heritage of the past With cooperation of the po- The gathering was also To be financed by thej sarlai, Pashtunistan Watt, made to lice, he captured Sakhi who addressed by of Municipality, , the j Shefa, Shahri Nan, Bahur-- j and the efforts ""V""' ''''' a member Kabul eradicate ,it after the vic- had been sentenced to a the secretariat of the De- park will be enhanced th-- J istan, Karte Parwan, I.uq-- j tory of the Saur Revolu- seven month prison term mocratic. Organisation for rough the joint cooperati- - man, Maiwand Walt, Bal-- j tion and the successes ac- because of robbery. . Relea- Afghan Youth, a Komsomol' on of Afghan and' Soviet khi Ibne Cina Darmalzaij ' hieved so far . sed after completing of the member serving w'ith So- youth. drug stores will run 24 j term, he had hatched a new viet army, director of the hours in different parts of Congratulating the gr- burglary plot when captu- youth section of the Politi- The saplings planted in Kabul. I aduates for their success, red with a rope and a knife cal Affairs Department of .the park yesterday were, lit by th- in hand. Interrogated the deal- Departm- the rector expressed President of NACAI handing over a certificate to DRA Armed Forces, supplied by the anks to the agency for one of the literacy course graduates. police, he confessed to his ing with friendship., betw- ent of Forestry, Ministry its cooperation and the offence, remaining in police een the peoples of DRA and of Agriculture and Land SfRVICI I efforts made by the teach- custody, waiting for the co- USSR, emphasising close Reforms. ers. urt verdict. Afghan Airlinesj . LITTLE LAND WINNER OF THE LENIN'S PRIZE Tir-l- n will rlnnnrt Kill for Istanbul, and Amster-- J dam tomorrow at 9.30 a.m.X (Continued from page 2) The whole of Little Land combat. That's 'what those "old ha- use I was showing people and asked the motor-boa-t am anrl un'U return TViitca- - I would like to say again had become what was in This fortified beachhead nds" were like. fresh from Moscow round commander to let him take urn itiu v tui ii uu i itui fortress-city- . day at 9.30 a.m. local that the landing on Little fact an underground fort- became a kind of Little Land, I seemed to see it on board. Everyone round f time. Land may be considered a ress: 230 d Even streets came into The leader may have the in a different light all I had a good laugh but bac- being Gospitalnaya (Ho- brilliant example of the art , observation posts became impression the life of the was used to and familiar ked the idea because it me- of war. The successful lan- its eyes, 500 gun emplace- spital Street), Sapyomaya thousands of men on the with. I had seen it all be- ant milk for the wounded. , ding by the first task force, ments its mailed fists; (Sapper Street), Pekhot-- beachhead consisted of no- fore but now my eyes we- The cow was safely put ash- the swift build-u- p of torc-e- s, scores of kilometres of co- naya (Infantry Street), and thing but attacks, air raids re really opened to the con- ore, securely sheltered and the advance of regim- mmunicating trenches, th- Matrosskaya (Sailor Str- and hand-to-han- d fighting; stant deadly peril, the un- gave a regular supply of ents and corps along a well-fortifi- ousands of foxholes, tire po- eet). Not one house stood but it was not so., During bearable difficulties and milk, to the hospital hous- and mined shore, ints and slit trenches Were on any of these streets. No the long period of time the boundless, dedicated ed in the cellar of a state Afghantour: 25358 r . all called for efficient co- dug in the ground. We had one knew who thought up the beachhead existed a heroism of our fighting men. farm that used to make nuiein.i.i taiiuci-uuiiucui- ii . .11 ;W operation between infantry, to hew shafts through rock the names, but they were way of life grew up there . Things were very tough wine. 001 ' engineers, sailors and. gun- and to build ammunition very appropriate. Sapper which allowed for all kinds indeed at times. We were Bakhtar Afghan Airlines i sh- Sales Office: 24451. ners. The gunners (Ihe stores, hospitals and even Street was a ravine well of ordinary human pur- cut off from the mainland, But the important thing . eltered from enemy fire, published re- Ariana Afghan Airline; "gods of war", we call an electric power station suits. We and we were short of salt and was not the milk. The cow Hospital was Sales Office: 24731. them) could not afford to underground. Of necessity while Street ad newspapers, held Par- sometimes we ran out of was a source of great joy, a stretch of hilly terrain ty meetings, ho- Kabul Airport: 26341. make the slightest error: everybody moved about '.celebrated bread. Whole units were especially for men who ca- Kabul Security Office: at many points our units only in the trenches. It was- exposed to fire and men lidays and attended lectu- sent into the forest to ga- me from the countryside. th- , often landed straight organized 20300., were within a grenade's n't easy but you were fini there res. Even a chess ther wild garlic. It was also After every air raid or bom- pi- you in hospital. All the fortifi- army and cata- row of the enemy. Our shed if stuck your head tournament. The very damp in our bardment they would co- ' un- Passport and Visa Office: lots had an even tougher up a bit. You had to remain cations had to be built navy troupes of singers and combs, men frobe at night me running to see whether der enemy fire. was gave ' departm- 21759. task. I remember our men sitting for long periods, and There dancers performanc- and the political their Daisy Bell was safe, no machinery no build- B. Int'l spreading their vests on when the fascists were at ind es, artists' Prorokov, V. ent officers had to see to to make sure she hadn't ing materials, but cap- .Dept. 20365. the breastwork of the tren- last driven back some of our Tsigal and P, Kirpichev the provision of heating, to been wounded and to pat 20441. wh- able fellows burrowed cle- , ga- Millie Bus: ches to mark our forward our men suffered from were working there and order iron stoves and and fondle her. There is no lines every time our air for- at we called "sitting sick- verly into the ground wh- they produced a portrait ga- firewood. But despite Da Afghanistan Bank:' ther simple explanation for this, ' ce they meant to stay. You de- - re- 24079. ..- went into action. ness". ere llery of heroes of the everything Little Larid but the appearance of this could say that every man Pashtany Tujaraty Bauk;i It should be noted that fence. ' ' mained Soviet land and the utterly peaceful beast in we who helped build that for-tree- s 21910. occupied an extremely, The engineers displayed .1 people there remained pe- our midst in this highly was a hero. I remember co- Millie Bank: 25451. unfavourable geographical amazing resourcefulness. a group of ople they made plans, jok- tense atmosphere helped from Kabul Traffic 42041. position. We were holding The sappers connected mrades the Central ed, laughed and even held people to preserve a certa- a narrow strip which we- I have particularly fond Committee arriving once. inst- Central Firebrigade : of shore some of birthday parties. For in mental balance. It was long, memories of the older sap- They had nqver been in a 20122. bare and flat, while re more like craters, with ance, on February 15, that a reminder that all life's pers. They ,were not sent situation like Hotel Kabul: 24741. the Germans held all the trenches and turned them ours and they is, eleven days after the first joys would return and vi- that high ground dugouts. to lay minefields in full asked me to introduce . th- International post import and the forest. into Three lines landing, a member of tin? life would go on if only 'of ew of the enemy; these em to of Lit- Sha!-v- a dept. 23797. You may ask; how did our defence with a the defenders task force, a certain you could defend it. people manage to survive gap between them "old hands" had what tle Land. We set out in a Tatarshvili, turned 23. International post export when hundreds of tons of were built on this narrow seemed a peaceful task: torpedo boat and the mo- His best friend, Pyotr The men of our Little dept. 23877. deadly metal were raining strip called Little Land. M- they were felling timber a ment we started our men gave him as a Land received a splendid Kabul Fire Brigade. 13 down upon them, when the inefields were laid along few kilometres from Celen-dzhi- fired a flare to identify our- birthday present 23 rounds present on May Day, 1943, enemy forces greatly out- each one. Underground li- - near Dzhankhot, la- selves. The Germans fired of ammunition from his As day dawned every one logs numbered ours and the en- nes of communication fun- shing the into rafts continuously as we appro- own submachine-gu- n mag- gasped and smiled with ple- emy had a clear view of ctioned reliably. The com- and floating them down" ached the, landing point. Th- azine. It was a very prec- asure. During the night se- Little Land from the sur- mand post of the landing to Little Land at night. But ey had high-angl- e guns, so ious gift: ammunition was veral men had put up red rounding hills? All these force, cut six and a half what a job it was! I have it was very important for short and we were expec- flags , at various points of cm disadvantages were count- metres deep into a cliff, co- already said we never had us to hug the shore and ting another enemy' at- the brigade's positions. In Park; Turkish film in Pe a in Tsemesska-y- a erbalanced by experience, uld secretly move troops , dark night pass along its very edge. tack. the morning everyone saw rsian. Times; 1.30, 4.001 composure, careful jud- along the communicating Bay. And the enemy Again shells burst very clo- them, including the Germ- and 6.30 p.m. gement' and hard work ev- trenches to wherever the si- artillery would pound aw- se to us. If youTiiad not Much in that life which ans, of course. Ariana :,Dari .lilm "Sey- - ery day. tuation gave cause for al- ay at the unarmed rafts. known they were aiming at continued next door to dea- ah Moi and Jalali" produced It was then I came to re- arm. The sappers could neither you, you could have appre- th seemed at first glance I remember the striking by Aryana Films. Times:, alize that apart from every- There was virtually no return the fire nor manoe- ciated the extraordinary quite incompatible with impression the appearance 1.30, 4.00 and 6.30 p.m. thing else war spelled ti- 's land zone in the uvre their unwieldly "cr- beauty of the scene. head of politi- of a red flag on the screen A war, The the Zainab Nendari; Soviet! labour, the labour of Stanichka enemy po- aft". They would slip into long-rang- e, marine battery,, cal of the 255-t-h in The Battleship Potemk-i- n tanic area: department film in Persian. Times: yesterday's steel workers, sitions were only fifteen to the chilly water and con- reminiscent of toe Tsar Marine Brigade, I. Dor-ofeye- made in the days of black 1.30, 3.30 and 5.30 p.m. fitters, miners, farmers, twenty metres away from tinue to the shore gripp- Kolokol (Tsar Bell), was once made a check and white, cinema. And on harvester-combin- e operat- ing the logs. Whenever a sited on our own. But whenever the beachhead, and and found we had fifteen Little Land, every inch Kabul Nendari: Indian ors, stablemen, builders I went there I saw that that shell hit a raft they would it had been turned into a deputies to city, district, and of which was torn up . by 1 Mill IVlUSlUll DUUd I I 1 1 a and carpenters. The lab- part of the front line the reassemble it on the spot, command post. It was to rural Soviets in our brigade bombs and shells, littered di. Times: . 1.30, 4.00 and do- in the water so as not to this post we mee- with shrapnel, our of people who had line of constant alert and we had to make so decided to call a 6.00 p.m. nned soldiers' uniform. danger was also heavily lose a single precious log. our way under fire. I was ting of our local councill- and blood-staine- and Indian film "Del- - Not only devotion and cou- mined and strewn with ob- If the tug was sunk they already used to such th- ors. What problems could ringed by enemies, these Pamir: dar" in Hindi. Times: 7.00,5 rage but also great tenaci- stacles and barbed-wir- e en- would fire a code signal ings but I think our guests they tackle? The same as fluttering flags were sim- 3.30 and 6.00 p.m. ty, perseverance, know-ho- tanglements. The sappers flare and wait for some were very impressed. I in peacetime; the people's ply overwhelming. Exult- and skill were mani- putting them up had had other motor boat to arrive. remember a marine sudd- needs, public services. The ant shouts resounded over Behzad: Pashtu film lace-rate- "Sera Jolla". Times: 1.30, fested in war. at times to engage in hand- - enly appearing out of the first decision they took was the d earth. Eve- and 4 30 p.m. darkness carrying a heavy to build a bath-hous- e. And ryone felt a sense of some- load. : . , it was built ! An excellent thing very precious and Barikot: Iranian film i, Russian steam bath was personal. After . the first "Rospl". Times: 2.00, 4.00(1 J "Give us a hand, broth- built "out of working ho- flush of excitement a mood and 6.00 p.m. er", he said. "We must ha- urs", I suppose one could of unrestrained gaiety gri- Aryuh: Indian film "He- - ve this!" say. I was invited to sam- pped us all. People laugh- ra Pera" in Hindi, limes:. ple it. The room though ed for joy and with a new When today, a third of 2 and 5:00 p.m. small contained the steam awareness of theif stren- 00 a century later, I recall wh- Millie Cinema Theatre: sol- well. gth; "Look at that, Vvou at fell to the lot of our film In-- I damned fascists! But that Indian "Zahnlla diers, commanders and po- Resourcefulness, ingenu- Hindi Times; 12.00, v in your pipe and smoke it!" san" in litical officers, I find it at ity and wit were very mu- 2.30 and 5.30 p.m. times almost impossible to ch appreciated on Little believe all this really hap- Land. Quite a few people pened and that they mana- had such gifts. I remember TODAY'S RADIO ged to stand up to it all. But an enterprizing fellow, tent they did, they withstood it on some business to all, came .through jt all,' finding a stray cow Following is the Hadm Afghanistan's foreign service routed the fascists and won in the hills. lie decided to f program: X victory. bring it to Little Land. He 'Language G.M.T. 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