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Here is an extract from the 1971 Year Book
*** yb71 pp. 232-233 Country Reports (Part Two) ***
AFGHANISTAN Population: 14,000,000
Peak Publishers: 7 Ratio: 1 to 2,000,000
A very fine year’s activity has been carried on by the small group of publishers in Afghanistan. The circuit servant is able to visit twice a year and the brothers never fail to attend the three assemblies held in Pakistan each year.
There may well be no publishers there now!