KABUL(BNA): Officials from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology have reported that since the implementation of the SIM card regulation procedure, 10 million telecommunication SIM cards have been legally registered.
Enayatullah Alokozay, the spokesman for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, wrote on his X that 60% of the SIM card registration process in Kabul has been completed, and the remaining 40% will be completed within the next few months.
He added that all telecommunication companies have been instructed to register and legalize 250,000 SIM cards per month. By completing this mechanism, they can obtain new SIM cards from the Afghanistan Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (ATRA).
According to Alokozay, although the SIM card registration process had previously become a complex issue in Afghanistan and no effective steps had been taken to resolve it, this is the first time in Afghanistan’s telecommunication history that all active SIM cards are being registered and legalized.
It is worth noting that currently, the number of active SIM cards in Afghanistan reaches 23 million, and the process of legally registering and recording these SIM cards continues.
