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The Afghan identity card (Tazkira) is a national identity document issued to citizens of Afghanistan. It is proof of identity, citizenship and residence.[1] Identity documents and passports have been issued in Afghanistan since at least 1880, during the reign of Abdur Rahman Khan.

One of the main factors behind the worst security situation since late 2001 has been the lack of ID cards in Afghanistan. Local and foreign-born militants freely traveled to conduct attacks in any part of the country. It was reported in May 2017 that Afghanistan will start issuing e-ID cards (e-Tazkiras) in August 2017.[2][3] The distribution of the e-ID cards was delayed since 2014.[4] Had this been done in 2002, when Pakistan began documenting its citizens, there would likely have been a much better security situation in Afghanistan. By nature, people in possession of national ID cards are less likely to commit crimes.

Appearance

The e-ID card is the size of a credit card. The front contains the bearer's face the following fields written in Pashto.

  • Nationality (Afghan)
  • Document number
  • Given name
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Sex
  • National identification number
  • Authority
  • Date of issue
  • Date of expiry (normally 10 years after the date of issue)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Afghanistan: The Afghan identity card called "tazkiras" [taskera], particularly whether the date of issue is stated in the document, the procedures to replace or renew it, and on the differences in its appearance since 1973". Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 1 July 1998. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ^ Khwaja Basir Fitri, ed. (May 23, 2017). "Distribution of e-ID cards to start on August 14". Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN). Retrieved 2017-05-24.
  3. ^ Hassan Khitab, ed. (May 15, 2017). "Abdullah, Danish to supervise distribution of e-ID cards". Pajhwok Afghan News. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  4. ^ Ghulam Hussain Zakiri, ed. (February 24, 2013). "14m Afghans to get computerised ID cards in a year". Pajhwok Afghan News. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
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