PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Over 46,000 computerised national identity cards (CNICs) have been distributed in northern Baghlan province in the past nine months, an official said on Tuesday.
The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) director said people had realised the importance of CNICs and the number of applicants was rising with each passing day.
Maulvi Gul Rahman Rahmani told Pajhwok Afghan News NSIA’s head office in Kabul faced a shortage of raw materials.
Currently, he added, they were registering applicants, taking their biometrics and doing paperwork. Once the issue of the raw material shortage was addressed, he . . .
