Three-fourths of the total development plan is to be financed from national sources, and the remainder from foreign assistance.

Rajendra Prasad, the king speaks of the "traditionally neutral policy" of his country and of the "lasting friendship" between India and Afghanistan.

In Kabul, the representatives of Pakistan and Afghanistan sign an agreement guaranteeing reciprocal transit rights across each other's territory.

In August 1958, Pashtun intellectuals held a congress in Kabul, with the goal of standardizing the Pashto alphabet.

Kliment Voroshilov, chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., makes a return visit of friendship to Afghanistan.