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Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Afghanistan

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[Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock] image by Zoltan Horvath, 20 February 2025

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The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Dari: وزارت مخابرات ‏و تکنالوژی معلوماتی, Pashto: د مخابراتو او معلوماتي ټکنالوجۍ وزارت) (MCIT) is an organ of the government of Afghanistan.

The goal is Ministry to establish a responsive administration to meet the needs of the people and the modern era, using existing resources, endeavoring for larger goals, providing balanced, affordable, and better-quality services, and expanding communications and information technology services to remote areas, providing communication services with regional and global standards, fostering digital Afghanistan, transparency will be among key objectives and work programs for the future.

Website of the Ministry: https://mcit.gov.af/en

The flag the Ministry is white with its emblem placed in the center of the flag. Its borders are decorated with a blue and yellow bordure with information wires on blue parts.

Images of flag:
https://mcit.gov.af/sites
https://mcit.gov.af/en/minister
Zoltan Horvath, 20 February 2025


Emblem

[Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock] image by Zoltan Horvath, 20 February 2025


National Cybersecurity Strategy of Afghanistan

[National Cybersecurity Strategy of Afghanistan] image located by Esteban Rivera, 28 August 2021

NCSA is a government agency dependent on the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT).

In late 2001, after the establishment of the interim government, Afghanistan stepped into new horizons of political and socio-economic rehabilitation and reconstruction. The subsequent transitional and the elected Afghan government introduced new legislations which assisted private companies to make investments in the country and provide various services including telecommunications and ICT services for the people of Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) was the first among the sectoral government entities in Afghanistan to design new strategies and policies, enabling the private sector to make huge investments in the telecommunication and IT sectors.

In 2009, MCIT established the first Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) in Afghanistan and it was officially named as AFCERT. The mandate of AFCERT was to fight against cyber threats and crimes and provide awareness and solutions on cyber security to the government and private sector. In its first two years of operation, AFCERT submitted an official report to the MCIT senior management regarding an upsurge in the cyber and electronic crimes in the country. In order to fight the said crimes, it was vital to conduct a risk assessment of all government ICT infrastructures and come up with a solution to mitigate those risks.

AFCERT’s proposal on preparing a draft of Cyber Security Strategy for the country was accepted by the MCIT and ICT Council and to this end the MCIT and ICT Council established a committee.

In 2012 the first awareness workshop on drafting the NCSA was held in ICTI Institute, supported and funded by the US Department of Commerce. It was a 4 day workshop and all government CIOs, ICT heads, private sector and academia participated and studied and analyzed various strategies from different countries.

The NCSA committee was chaired by Information Systems Security Directorate of MCIT and held its regular meetings and assessments for one year. After a series of assessments and recommendations, the NCSA committee finalized and submitted the first draft of the strategy in July 2014 to the MCIT and ICT Council to review and adapt its action plan.
Source: https://mcit.gov.af/sites/default/files/2018-12/National%20Cybersecurity%20Strategy%20of%20Afghanistan%20%28November2014%29.pdf

For the moment only the logo is known, although some speculation may lead to the existence of an actual flag, including the logo.
Esteban Rivera, 28 August 2021