KHAD

Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati (Pashto/Dari: خدمات اطلاعات دولتی literally "State Intelligence Agency", also known as "State Information Services" or "Committee of State Security"), also 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.

For other uses, see KHAD (disambiguation).

Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati (KhAD)
Pashto: د ملي امنیت لوی ریاست
Dari: ریاست عمومی امنیت ملی
KhAD emblem from 1980 to 1987
Agency overview
FormedApril 1978 (1978-04)
Preceding agencies
  • Istikhbarat (–1978)
  • AGSA (1978–1979)
  • KAM (1979–1979)
DissolvedApril 1992 (1992-04)
Superseding agencies
  • WAD (1987–1992)
  • NDS (2002–2021)
  • GDI (2021–present)
HeadquartersShashdarak Centre, Kabul, Afghanistan
Employees90,000 (1990)
Annual budget$160 million (1986)
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