Afghanistan: Taliban to begin issuing passports in 7 provinces

KABUL, 16 November 2021, (TON): Officials of the Passport Directorate said that they will start the issuance of passports in Balkh, Paktia, Kandahar, Kunduz, Herat, Nangarhar, and Khost provinces.

Head of the Directorate Alam Gul Haqqani said that the decision was made by the ministry of interior affairs in order to further facilitate the process for those who apply for passports.

Alam Gul Haqqani said that priority will be given to those who have already filled online form for the passports.

Haqqani said “the passports will be issued based on the e-ID or the previous IDs that are verified officially. The rumors about lack of passport are not true.”

Haqqani added that there are 900,000 passports in the directorate, 600,000 passports with the company responsible for their printing, one million passports are in the process of printing, and one and a half million more are going to be printed.

Rate this item
(0 votes)
Login to post comments
Go to top