National Statistics and Information Authority should not be confused with Central Statistical Organisation.
The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA, Persian: اداره ملی احصائیه و معلومات, Pushto; Pashto: د احصایې او معلوماتو ملي اداره), formerly the Central Statistics Organization (CSO, Persian: ادارۀ مرکزی احصائیه, Pushto; 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.[1]
It was first established in 1972.[2]