The Taliban’s General Directorate of Statistics and Information has announced that since the beginning of the electronic ID card distribution process, electronic ID cards have been distributed to nearly 18 million and 300 thousand citizens of the country.

This directorate said in a newsletter on Sunday, September 28, that in the first six months of the current year, 827,060 electronic ID cards were distributed across the country.

According to this information, out of the total ID cards distributed during this period, 600,546 cards were issued for men and 226,514 cards for women.

Kabul tops the list with 232,696 ID cards, followed by Herat with 74,180, Nangarhar with 71,825, Kandahar with 47,260, and Balkh with 36,275 ID cards.

The directorate says electronic ID card services are provided through 87 electronic ID card distribution and facilitation centers inside the country and one facilitation center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.