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Controversial e-ID cards touch off protest in Farah

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FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Hundreds of people on Wednesday took to the streets in western Farah province to protest the omission of words “Afghan and Islam” from the biometric national identity cards.

The protestors, who included provincial council members, civil society activists and local residents, asked the government not to omit the two words as part of a plot hatched by spies of foreign countries and consider the public demand.

The rally emerged on the main road in Farah City, the provincial capital, at 9am. One of the . . .

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