mcit.gov.af National Identity Card Afghanistan : Ministry of Communications & IT

Name of the Organization : Ministry of Communications & IT
Type of Facility : National Identity Card
Country : Afghanistan

Website : https://mcit.gov.af/

National Identity Card :

Under the constitution of Islamic republic of Afghanistan the government is obliged to provide every Afghan with appropriate identification documents, which can serve as the national identity papers without the doubts of authenticity.

Related : Ministry of Interior Affairs MoIA Newborn Registration Service Afghanistan : www.statusin.org/7851.html

With the prevailing security and socio-economic situation there is dire need for national identification system that cannot be forged and portrays the true national and demographic state of the country.

The National Identity Cards Project is being designed to meet this prime need of the nation and its citizens. The rapid growth of mobile phones, telecommunications and Information technology, and the Fiber Optic Cable and Copper Cable Networks, provides the best infrastructure for such nationally important project. Despite likely constraints in the use of this infrastructure, this is likely to facilitate the on-time and best delivery of the end product.

The scope of this project is to develop, procure, supply, train, install and maintain software applications and equipment required for the establishment and maintenance of the information system platform for the following modules:
Resident Management & National ID:
Afghanistan resident identification module is to develop infrastructure, which includes hardware, network, ID card issuance system, and application software to process resident data registration, resident management (notice of birth, death and change of residence), and voters’ list management.

Currently, the Afghanistan government does not have an integrated resident management and management of Voters’ List based on digital data; most of them are done manually.

Acquisition of data for the National ID and Issuance of the ID:
Entry of personal information of entire population to issue NID card for all residents of the country. Construction of integrated image data by inputting resident photos, fingerprints, iris, signatures and such other data as per the population registration law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for entire population. Issuance of 15 million new ID Cards for the registered population during the time frame of this project.

Driver License (DL) system:
The DL involves building an application program in order to implement data registration, driver license basic (date of issuance, vehicle operation class changes, etc.). This system will be fully integrated with the resident management and national ID platform.

Vehicle Registration:
The vehicle registration system is connected with the national ID and driver license. Information such as vehicle owner, type, class, etc allows detailed system management. The vehicle registration system will be used with the infrastructure, which is expected to increase system operation and work efficiency.

Digital Signature:
The scope of Digital Signature system includes Root PKI and National PKI for public employees considering the following requirements during the implementation and also the establishment of the Certification Authority.

Confidentiality: Information security by encryption of transaction data.
Integrity: Prevent forgery and alteration of transaction data.
Authentication: User identification for data transaction.
Non-repudiation: Reliability enhancement for Transaction by using electronic signature.
Access Control: Permit to access information only for selected receiver.

Biometrics:
The biometric solutions to be introduced involve the fingerprint and iris and the management of its images and minutiae. The scope of work includes but not limited to.
** Register and manage DB for high quality iris and fingerprint images.
** Capture high quality fingerprint and iris through live scanner/high resolution scanner.

** Extract minutiae for accurate fingerprint and iris recognition.
** Matching algorithm (1:1 verification, 1:N identification) must be able to find matching data quickly and accurately by using various extracted biometrics information from extracted algorithm.

** Fast and accurate fingerprint pattern separation by implementing 5 separate classification of fingerprint.
** By standardizing the storage pattern for biometrics minutiae, the system should build commonly shared information such as electronic resident registration card, e-passport issuance and biometrics data requested by other government agencies.
** Fast access of biometrics information and resident personal information to shorten the information search time.