KHAD
Sign in to saveThe '''''Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati (Pashto/ literally "State Intelligence Agency", also known as "State Information Services" or "Committee of State Security"), better known by the acronym KhAD', was the agency in charge of internal security, foreign intelligence, counter-intelligence and the secret police of the former Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
Key facts
- Government agency.agency_name
- Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati (KhAD)
- Government agency.seal
- Emblem of the KHAD (1987-1992).svg
- Government agency.seal_width
- 140px
- Government agency.seal_caption
- WAD emblem from 1987 to 1992
- Government agency.preceding1
- Istikhbarat (–1978)
- Government agency.preceding2
- AGSA (1978–1979)
- Government agency.preceding3
- KAM (1979–1979)
- Government agency.superseding1
- WAD (1986–1992)
- Government agency.superseding2
- NDS (2002–2021)
- Government agency.superseding3
- GDI (2021–present)
- Government agency.headquarters
- Shashdarak Centre, Kabul, Afghanistan
- Government agency.motto
- A weapon in one hand, a book in the other
- Government agency.agency_type
- Secret Police
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Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 16000
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- inception
- 1978-00-00
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- KHAD
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21 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-KhAD (-1979)
- KhAD (1980-1986)
- Recruitment
- Training
- Psychological warfare and state-sponsored terrorism
- Prostitution Spy Rings
- State-Sponsored Terrorism
- The Hathora Murders of Karachi
- Structure
- KhAD
- Headquarters
- Provincial
- Human rights abuses
- Directors of KHAD and its predecessors
- Notable people
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
The '''''Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati (Pashto/ literally "State Intelligence Agency", also known as "State Information Services" or "Committee of State Security"), better known by the acronym KhAD', was the agency in charge of internal security, foreign intelligence, counter-intelligence and the secret police of the former Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
==History== ===Pre-KhAD (-1979)=== Afghanistan had an intelligence agency known as the Istikhbarat (Dari: استخبارات), Intelligence or the Intelligence Report Directorate. However, observers have stated it was incompetent with Afghan leaders since it was ineffective as they preferred to use their personal connections instead. Sardar Abdul Wali, the commander of the 1st Central Army Corps, additionally had his own espionage and secret intelligence network where he prosecuted leftist groups such as the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan and the supporters of Mohammad Daoud Khan. General Ismail Khan was also noted to have been a part of the Civil Secret Agency (CSA) during the “Decade of Constitution” and reign of Mohammad Zahir Shah.