National Statistics and Information Authority (original) (raw)

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA, Persian: اداره ملی احصائیه و معلومات, Pashto: د احصایې او معلوماتو ملي اداره), formerly the Central Statistics Organization (CSO; Persian: ادارۀ مرکزی احصائیه ; Pashto: داحصاي مرکزی اداره), is the Afghan government agency charged with collecting and maintaining statistical data for Afghanistan. The head office was in District 7 of Kabul. It was first established in 1972.