In (1313) cornerstone for a small library was put into being. Initially Doctor Refqi Kamel Baig (from Turkey) purchased materials or books for the library. Later as rules were set, additional books were purchased from Turkish professors who had reached the end of their contracts in Afghanistan.
There were several sole donors who helped increase the collection such as: Shotarang who was the principal of Nejat School donated German text books. British Embassy purchased their own native language text books. In addition, books were also ordered from abroad especially from India, France and Germany.
Text books in the library were completely destroyed and burned down in the Taliban Regime who knew no decency nor mercy.
Kabul Medical University library currently consists of approx. 20.000 number of books, most of which had been donated by governments of the USA, France etc.
A number of Medical Students in the United States volunteered to collect medical text books for KMU library, which proved to be very helpful for the KMU students.
KMU library contains text books in the following subjects: Internal Medicine, Surgery, ENT, Obstetrics, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology, Pediatrics, Cancer, Public Health, Endocrinology, Digestive, Internal Respiratory, Neuropsychiatry, Biology, Chemistry, General Science and so on.

 A selected number of books are mentioned below to provide an image of the collection:

• Gray's Anatomy    
• Human Anatomy & Physiology    
• Current Obstetrics & Gynecology
• The World of Cell    
• Pathologic Basis of Disease    
• Basic Pathology
• Modern Meals    
• Gastrointestinal Disorders    
• Basic Principles of Practice
• A Wellness of Life    
• Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry    
• Respiratory Care Practice
• Webster's Thesaurus    
• Borland New Medical Dictionary    
• Canadian Medical Dictionary
• Oxford Text Book of Medicine    
• Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine    
• Mosby's Clinical Nursing
• Trauma Nursing    
• Nursing and Drug Handbook    
• Manual New Born Nursing
• Clinical Dental Prosthetics    
• Campbell's Operative Orthopedics    
• Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery