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.
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
- Instance of
- organization
- Employees
- 16000
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- inception
- 1978-00-00
- Commons category
- KHAD
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