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| ==How to Find the Records== | | ==How to Find the Records== |
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| *'''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 ($)
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| *'''2001-2012''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1568/ U.S. Casualties From Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts, 2001-2012] - Ancestry ($)
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| Director Vital Statistics<br>
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| [https://moi.gov.af/en/ministry-interior-affairsminister-office Ministry of Interior]<br>
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| 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>
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| 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>
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| ==Census Records==
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| ==Information Recorded in the Records== | | ==Information Recorded in the Records== |
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| ===Refugee Birth Records===
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| *Baby's name and gender
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| *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>
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| ===Afghan Birth Records===
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| *Father's name
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| *Literacy
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| ===Afghan Death Records===
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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