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Afghanistan to open more digital ID centers as issuance passes 15M

Afghanistan’s National Information and Statistics Authority (NSIA) says it is in the process of opening up more centers for the…

 

Afghan citizens face complications in biometric ID card distribution

Under Taliban rule, Afghanistan’s digital ID system, known as e-Tazkira, has come under fire for inefficiency, corruption, and excessive expenses….

 

NADRA assistant director arrested for issuing Pakistani ID cards to Afghans

Authorities in Pakistan have arrested a NADRA assistant director for fraudulently issuing Pakistani identification cards to Afghan nationals, just as…

 

Afghanistan navigates controversies on digital identity journey

In Afghanistan, the Tazkira has been a key identity document providing proof of nationality and residence for over 100 years….

 

Pakistan to deport 600K Afghans with refugee ID cards

Pakistan has announced its intention to expel about 600,000 Afghan citizens, an official confirmed through media reports. The deportation drive,…

 

Over 3M digital IDs distributed in Afghanistan, 900k activated in Jordan

Afghanistan’s National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) says 3.12 million national digital ID cards have been districted in the country…

 

Passport and digital ID card scandal unravels in Pakistan

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has conducted a secret operation that involved giving Afghan individuals fake passports from Pakistan, in…

 

SIM fraudsters nettle South Asia; biometrics pushed as answer

India continues to inch closer to requiring fingerprint scans when companies issue SIM cards. Officials are looking at crime and…

 

Muslim-fearing nation and fearful Muslim nation rumored building biometric monitor network

Two of the world’s most rigidly authoritarian regimes have deep-seated problems with Islam and intend to erase their problems using…

 

The latest lesson on biometric data privacy could cost people’s lives

Two United States government documents about the use of biometric identification in occupied Afghanistan lack any mention of data security…

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