BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): A number of residents of central Bamyan province complain about slow-paced work by the National Statistics Department in connecting ID card errors. Speaking to Pajhwok Afghan News, Abdul Wahid, a resident of Yakawlang district, said it was…
LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Only two ID card distribution centres are functional in southern Helmand province, residents say, complaining they cannot meet the needs of the entire provincial population. Massoud, a resident of Kajaki district came to Lashkargah to obtain his ID…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): National Statistics Department officials in northern Balkh province say they issued 68,000 paper and more than 30,000 electronic identity cards to residents during the past five months. Maulvi Noor Mohammad Wasiq, the department director, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): A second Computerized National Identity Cards (C-NIC) centre has been opened in the Shinwari district of central Parwan province, an official said on Tuesday. Parwan Statistic and Information Centre Director MawlaviShafiqullahShahzad said the facility had been opened to…
LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): After a delay lasting five months, the distribution of electronic ID cards resumed in southern Helmand province on Sunday. The process began with Helmand Governor Maulvi Abdul Ahad Talib filling out his form. The governor told Pajhwok Afghan…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Local officials in northern Balkh province say the distribution of electronic identity cards has begun in the province and up to 300 people are registered daily to obtain the document. Maulvi Mohammad Noor Wasiq, director of the Balkh…
The Central Passport Office on Wednesday announced ceasing issuance of passports on paper Tazkara ID cards.
KABUL (Pajhwok): National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) on Thursday said officers of 75 government institutes have so far received electronic ID cards in capital Kabul and the process was still underway in other organs. NSIA head, Ahmad Javid Rasouli,…
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan has scrapped 200,000 computerised national identity cards (CNICs) fraudulently issued to Afghan citizens. The Afghans were issued the Pakistani ID cards on the basis of bogus documents, including fake birth certificates, the interior minister said. Sheikh Rashid…
KABUL elections by distributing demographic forms to a number of candidates, some sources allege. The PRD had started a special ID card (Tazkira) distribution process only for people eligible to participate in elections before the Wolesi Jirga polls on October…
KABUL (Pajhwok): Around five millions hand-written National Identity Cards (NICs) have been distributed to people so far as part of the newly-launched nationwide process to facilitate people to participate in the upcoming polls. However, the process had not been smooth…
KABUL, have obtained their Tazkira (paper identity cards) during the past five months to participate in the upcoming polls. Hamayun Mohtat, PRD head, told a press conference here that women made 62 percent of the around 4.5 million people obtaining…
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Old national identity cards (NICs) -- locally called tazkeras, has been kicked off and is being distributed in five district of western Herat province, an official said on Sunday. Local officials considered the launch of NIC distribution…
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani will receive his computerised national identity card (CNIC) today, his office said on Thursday. Shah Hussain Murtazvi, deputy spokesman for the president, the process of distribution of CNICs would start today with Ghani getting…
KABUL (lower house) members on Wednesday expressed concern over the attachment of a sticker to paper identity cards of those registering to vote. The lawmakers were of the view that the sticker attachment had slowed down the voter registration process…
ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Population registration office of eastern Kunar province on Saturday said the number of women applying for National Identity Cards (NICs) was higher compared to men. Fazal Khaliq, head of Kunar population registration office, told Pajhwok Afghan News 51,000…
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The residents of northern Baghlan province complain they face problems in obtaining passport or Tazkera due to a slow-paced work by the Population Registration Department (PRD). Applicants at the PRD said their applications were delayed from one week…
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the Population Registration Department to get ready for issuing electronic identity cards within coming days, an official says. Humayun Muhtat, the census department head, wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday that the…
KABUL) on Wednesday said the existing National Identity Card (Tazkera) would be used to identify and register voters for the upcoming elections. The commission also scrapped its earlier decision to use technology in voter registration process, citing lack of funds…
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MCIT) on Saturday said necessary preliminary measures regarding the provision of computerized identity cards have been taken. A statement from the MCIT media office said a gathering explaining the work process…
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MCIT) on Saturday said necessary preliminary measures regarding the provision of computerized identity cards have been taken. A statement from the MCIT media office said a gathering explaining the work process…
