See also: 1961 in Afghanistan, other events of 1962, and 1963 in Afghanistan

1963 in Afghanistan

See also: 1962 in Afghanistan, other events of 1963, and 1964 in Afghanistan.----Both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. continue their road-building projects in Afghanistan. The U.S. grades and paves the road from Kabul to Peshawar and is building another road, costing more than $30,000,000, from Kabul to...

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January 1962

On January 22, 1962 the United States announces that Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 has agreed to open the border for eight weeks following January 29, 1962 in order to allow aid supplies to enter from Pakistan. Meanwhile the U.S. ambassador, Henry A. Byroade

Henry A. Byroade

Brigadier General Henry Alfred Byroade, United States Army of Indiana was a career diplomat who served as Ambassador to Egypt in 1955 and 1956 and later to five other countries, including United States Ambassador to Burma from September 1963 to June 1968, and served as Assistant Secretary of State...

, continues efforts to open the border from Pakistan; the only alternative routes for aid supplies are from the north via Soviet rail connections, or through Iran

Iran

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 at a cost of $70 per ton extra. In April the Afghan government signs an agreement with the Iranian government for use of the route through Iran.

The Iranian ambassador to Pakistan, Hassan Arafa, proposes that the best solution to Afghanistan's problems lies in the formation of an Iran-Afghan-Pakistan confederation. Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

 refuses to consider the proposal. During July and early August the shah

Shah

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 of Iran visits both Pakistan and Afghanistan in an effort at conciliation.

April 1962

A second five-year plan is announced by Prime Minister Mohammad Daud, with a foreign-aid requirement of $734,000,000 for the expansion of mines, industries, agriculture, and communications. In June the U.S. expresses its unwillingness to make a firm commitment of funds over a five-year period. The Afghans also seek commitments from Japan

Japan

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, Italy

Italy

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, and Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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On April 9, 1962 A rural development project is begun at Ander, designed to improve farming, health, and schooling for about 100,000 people.

May 6, 1962

A hydroelectric plant, built with Soviet assistance, is opened in northern Afghanistan.