KABUL) on distributing identity cards to all eligible voters in a specific period of time. The agreement was signed during a meeting between Wasima Badghisi, operational deputy head of IEC and Humayun Mohtat, director of PRD, on Sunday. The officials…
President Ashraf Ghani has issued a decree, tasking the second vice-president and the chief executive officer (CEO) with supervising the distribution of electronic identity cards (e-tazkiras). According to a statement from the second vice-president’s office, the six-article decree…
KABUL. Nader Baloch, who heads the upper house internal security commission, said the Pakistani intelligence agencies misused these ID cards when Afghans submited them with other documents for obtaining visas of Pakistan. He alleged using fake names, addresses, registration number…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has suspended around 1,000 workers charged with distribution of computerised national identity cards, an official said on Wednesday. The employees were placed on suspension on Tuesday in compliance with orders from Interior Minister…
KABUL or lower house members on Saturday said if the Population Registration Act had any problems, the government should come up with amendments, but should not allow anybody to disunite the Afghans. The Population Registration Bill was approved last year…
Like some other provinces, residents of northern Balkh and eastern Kunar provinces also staged rallies on Saturday to push for adding the word “Afghan” to the biometric national identity cards. In Balkh, thousands of people coming from various…
Some residents on Thursday staged a protest rally in western Herat province and warned of blocking the main highway if word “Afghan” was not mentioned in the electronic ID cards. After the Population Registration bill was passed…
Mentioning or not mentioning word “Afghan” in the new electronic ID cards should not divide the Afghans, senators said on Tuesday. After the parliament approved the Census Law last year, some lawmakers, civil society activists and political parties…
Hundreds of residents on Wednesday rallied in southeastern Paktia province demanding the word “Afghan” to be mentioned in the biometric national identity cards. A test distribution drive of the electronic ID cards was expected on August 19, but…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday said the Council of Ministers decision about the issuance of electronic identity cards remained unchanged and would be implemented. Abdullah, while talking to Electoral Reform Commission members, stressed the importance…
Some civil society activists in western Farah province on Tuesday warned of not accepting the electronic identity cards (ID) if religion and nationality were not mentioned in the documents. The format of the new ID cards was…
