Asadullah Khalid
Asadullah Khalid is a politician in Afghanistan. He served as head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), which is the domestic intelligence agency of Afghanistan. Before his appointment as the head of the NDS in September 2012, Khalid served as the Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs. Between 2005 and 2008, he was the Governor of Kandahar Province and prior to that as Governor of Ghazni Province (2002-2005). From 2018 until 2021 he was the Minister of Defense. Khalid is said to be affiliated with the Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan (Ittihad-i Islami) and has been noted as one of many loyalists of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Asadullah Khalid | |
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Asadullah Khalid in front of the Rahman Baba High School in Kabul | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 23 December 2018 – 19 March 2021 Acting: 23 December 2018 – 21 November 2020 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Tariq Shah Bahrami |
| Succeeded by | Yasin Zia (Acting) |
| Director of the National Directorate of Security | |
| In office 15 September 2012 – 28 January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Rahmatullah Nabil |
| Succeeded by | Rahmatullah Nabil |
| Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs | |
| In office 2008 – 15 September 2012 | |
| President | Hamid Karzai |
| Preceded by | Abdul Karim Brahui |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Arif Noorzai |
| Governor of Kandahar Province | |
| In office 2005–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Yousef Pashtun |
| Succeeded by | Rahmatullah Raufi |
| Governor of Ghazni Province | |
| In office 2002–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Taj Mohammad Qari Baba |
| Succeeded by | Sher Alam Ibrahimi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1970 Ghazni, Afghanistan |
| Political party | ISO |
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