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==How to Find the Records==
==How to Find the Records==
===Online Collections===


*'''1300-2019''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60541/?event=_afghanistan_5015 All Global, Find a Grave™ Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Results], for Afghanistan - Ancestry ($)
*'''2001-2012''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1568/ U.S. Casualties From Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts, 2001-2012] - Ancestry ($)
===Offices to Contact===
Director Vital Statistics<br>
Civil Registration Department<br>
[https://moi.gov.af/en/ministry-interior-affairsminister-office Ministry of Interior]<br>
Kabul, Afghanistan<br>
Telephone: +93 (0) 20 220 1758<br>
Mobile: 0799 32 4341<br>
Email: [mailto:info@moi.gov.af info@moi.gov.af]
Also contact village Maliks<br>
==Historical Background==
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.<ref name="Bhan1">Bhan, B. L., [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/637950-study-of-a-civil-registration-system-of-births-and-deaths-an-experiment-in-afghanistan?viewer=1&offset=0#page=9&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= 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).</ref>
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.<ref name="Bhan2">Bhan, B. L., [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/637950-study-of-a-civil-registration-system-of-births-and-deaths-an-experiment-in-afghanistan?viewer=1&offset=0#page=9&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= 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).</ref>
==Census Records==
1979: Census carried out, but it was sporadic in information on the population and there was no census carried out after.
1979: Census carried out, but it was sporadic in information on the population and there was no census carried out after.


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


===Refugee Birth Records===
*Baby's name and gender
*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>
===Afghan Birth Records===
*Father's name
*Literacy
*Occupation<ref name="Bhan2"></ref>
===Afghan Death Records===
*Age
*Cause of death
*Literacy
*Occupation<ref name="Bhan2"></ref>


==References==
==References==


[[Category:Afghanistan]] [[Category:Civil Registration]]
[[Category:Afghanistan]] [[Category:Census]]

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How to Find the 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). [1]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

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