Kabul Afghanistan January 9, ANI The closure of the passport department in the capital city Kabul has sparked reactions from the people as they desperately seek the resumption of the process as soon as possible, according to local media.
The passport department in Kabul was closed when it was attacked in December last year. The passport departments in other provinces are operational, according to Tolo News.
Passport applicants in Kabul said they are desperately waiting for the department to resume its activities.
The department stopped its activities two times in the last few months after the fall of the Ashraf Ghani government, according to the Afghan media. Passport applicants said that the online registration system is not functioning anymore and they wanted to find a quick solution to the problem.
I have visited the passport department a number of times over the last month but no one addresses our problems, according to Tolo News.
When I visit the department, I am told that office hours have not started yet and that they don't want to register me in the biometric system. But I need to take care of my patient, said Ghulam Hussain Rasuli, a Kabul resident who said one of his family members is ill and needs to be taken abroad for treatment.
The online application for passports isn't functioning due to technical issues, according to Alam Gul Haqqani, head of the passport department. He vowed to fix the issue.
There are technical issues in the IT department. The news agency, Tolo News, quoted Haqqani as saying, "We are working to fix it." He vowed to resume the issuance of passports soon after the issue is fixed.