National “ID” card and citizenship of Afghanistan in the reign of Ghazi Amanullah Khan
By: research assistant Abdul Qahar Azizi
Abstract:
Citizenship or nationality is the main principle of modern world. Afghanistan has admitted it about a century ago and a bylaw has been approved by King Amanullah Khan’s government named “population identity card and passport regulations’ Nizamnamah and citizenship law”. King Amanullah Khan has aimed to related his citizens with government and that’s why he signed such bylaw. According to bylaw of citizenship, all Afghan people had been given the citizenship and no one had been excluded. Moreover, Afghan were being lived abroad had been provided citizenship as well. The responsibility of granting citizenship for Afghans lived abroad was general consulates of Afghanistan. Furthermore, another important issue, granting citizenship to foreigner, was also considered as a norm in bylaw of citizenship. Further, the next favor of aforementioned bylaw was that to assigned the population and statistical officials and employees to prepare statistical and populace reports of population biannually and send out to central government. Finally, the bylaw had gotten all points of relation between afghan citizens and government including military services and so on. In addition to above mentioned spots, some international norms regarding citizenship will be explained as well.