KABUL (Pajhwok): 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).
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some Meshrano Jirga members on Sunday alleged Pakistani intelligence agencies used Afghan national identity cards to enter terrorists into Afghanistan .
KABUL (Pajhwok): 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...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some Wolesi Jirga 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.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF/ASADABAD (Pajhwok): 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...
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): 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...
KABUL (Pajhwok): 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...
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Hundreds of residents on Wednesday rallied in southeastern Paktia province demanding the word “Afghan” to be mentioned in the biometric national identity cards.
KABUL (Pajhwok): 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.
FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): 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.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Civil society activists in northern Balkh province on Sunday asked the central government to start issuing computerized national identity cards to the people without further delay, which some activists linked to the 2014...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Rejecting claims that majority employees have been sacked, project head of computerized Identity (ID) Cards on Sunday confirmed that contracts of some staff could not be extended because of fund crunch.