Over 15 Million People Issued Electronic ID Cards, Claims Taliban

The Taliban's Statistics and Information Authority announced that more than 15 million people have been issued electronic ID cards since the start of the distribution of these cards.

It is said that nearly nine million electronic ID cards have been distributed since the Taliban administration came to power.

According to the statistics presented, more than 9,067,000 electronic ID cards have been distributed for men and more than 5,952,000 for women.

On July 8, the Taliban's Statistics and Information Authority had announced that they would also activate electronic ID card distribution centres in Pakistan, Iran, and Turkiye.

According to the agency, there are currently 78 such distribution centres operating across Afghanistan.

After coming to power in August 2021, the Taliban announced that they were seeking a census of Afghanistan's population.