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Offices to Contact

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

Also contact village Maliks

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.^[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

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

Coverage and Compliance

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

Refugee Birth Records

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

Afghan Birth Records

Father's name
Literacy
Occupation^[2]

Afghan Death Records

Age
Cause of death
Literacy
Occupation^[2]

References

↑ 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^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).
↑ Refworld, Afghanistan: Issuance of birth certificates and marriage certificates, (accessed 23 June 2020).
↑ Refworld, Afghanistan: Issuance of birth certificates and marriage certificates, (accessed 23 June 2020).

[Bhan1-1] 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).

[Bhan2-2] 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).

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