The electronic national ID card system officially launched in Afghanistan

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Shahzad Aryobee attended the opening ceremony of the electronic national ID cards distributing process on Thursday, May 3, 2018.

The President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan H. E. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the First Lady Rula Ghani, the heads of both Houses of the National Assembly, the second VP, the first deputy to the Executive Directorate and National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar were handed their cards. While receiving the ID card, president Ghani called on the people to massively participate in the upcoming election.
He said the new ID cards would hopefully cut down on the number of fake IDs (Tazkiras) in the country.

The technical features of the E-NID, including its systems complying international standards, were fully prepared by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

 Firstly, the process of distributing the electronic national ID is started at 5 agencies of the Population Registration Office, and it would expand to the Central provinces and then to the other provinces.