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Afghanistan
Afghanistan has a biometric e-Tazkira ID, started in 2018 and now issued under Taliban administration. No central bank digital currency work was found. Afghanistan has no general data protection law, according to a digital-ID tracker.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Afghanistan
- Program
- e-Tazkira (electronic national ID); paper Tazkira
- Status
- Available, partial uptake
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- Registration of Population Records Act (2014)
The 2014 Act requires citizens to hold a Tazkira, but only about 60% of people have one. The e-Tazkira launched in May 2018 and holds biometric data. More than 6 million had been distributed since the Taliban takeover. Rights groups have warned about the safety of the biometric data now held by the new authorities. Online applications raised women's share of new registrations to 47%.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- No known work
No public CBDC work found as of Oct 2026. The Human Rights Foundation CBDC Tracker has no entry for Afghanistan.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2025-08Rolling it out
A digital-ID tracker reported over 6 million e-Tazkiras distributed since the Taliban takeover and warned about biometric data safety. SEAP (Nationality for All) — Afghanistan digital ID overview ↗
- 2018-05Rolling it out
The biometric e-Tazkira ID launched, modelled on India's Aadhaar. SEAP (Nationality for All) — Afghanistan digital ID overview ↗
UN and WHO
How Afghanistan has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Didn't vote
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 48.8 · rank 161 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.