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==Information Recorded in the Records==
==Information Recorded in the Records==


Refugee birth certificates have:
===Refugee Birth Records===
*Baby's name and gender
*Baby's name and gender
*Date and place of birth
*Date and place of birth
*Father's name and place of origin<ref>Refworld, [https://www.refworld.org/docid/47d6543c22.html Afghanistan: Issuance of birth certificates and marriage certificates], (accessed 23 June 2020).</ref>
*Father's name and place of origin<ref>Refworld, [https://www.refworld.org/docid/47d6543c22.html Afghanistan: Issuance of birth certificates and marriage certificates], (accessed 23 June 2020).</ref>


Afghan birth certificates have:
===Afghan Birth Records===
*Father's name
*Father's name
*Literacy
*Literacy
*Occupation<ref name="Bhan2"></ref>
*Occupation<ref name="Bhan2"></ref>


Afghan death certificates have:
===Afghan Death Records===
*Age
*Age
*Cause of death
*Cause of death

Revision as of 22:11, 15 March 2024


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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Collections[edit | edit source]

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

Director Vital Statistics
Civil Registration Department
Ministry of Interior
Kabul, Afghanistan
Telephone: +93 (0) 20 220 1758
Mobile: 0799 32 4341
Email: info@moi.gov.af

Please also contact village Maliks

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

In rural areas, birth and death records were not considered needed, since usually a witness could give the information if required. In the past, this information was generally not required.[1]

Villagers do not like to give the name of a woman, to a man, so generally the name of the mother was not recorded in birth records, which are usually created by men.[2]

Census Records[edit | edit source]

1979: Census carried out, but it was sporadic in information on the population and there was no census carried out after.

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Birth and marriage certificates are rare for Afghans. Since about 2004, babies born in 15 refugee camps on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan have had birth certificates created by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). [3]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

Refugee Birth Records[edit | edit source]

  • Baby's name and gender
  • Date and place of birth
  • Father's name and place of origin[4]

Afghan Birth Records[edit | edit source]

  • Father's name
  • Literacy
  • Occupation[2]

Afghan Death Records[edit | edit source]

  • Age
  • Cause of death
  • Literacy
  • Occupation[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Bhan, B. L., Study of a civil registration system of births and deaths, an experiment in Afghanistan, Bethesda, Maryland : International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics, 1983, p. 1. (accessed 29 June 2020).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bhan, B. L., Study of a civil registration system of births and deaths, an experiment in Afghanistan, Bethesda, Maryland : International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics, 1983, p. 5. (accessed 29 June 2020).
  3. Refworld, Afghanistan: Issuance of birth certificates and marriage certificates, (accessed 23 June 2020).
  4. Refworld, Afghanistan: Issuance of birth certificates and marriage certificates, (accessed 23 June 2020).