Asadullah Khalid

Asadullah Khalid
Asadullah Khalid in front of the Rahman Baba High School in Kabul
Minister of Defense
In office 23 December 2018 – 19 March 2021[1] 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	(1970-06-10) 10 June 1970 (age 54) Ghazni, Afghanistan
Political party	ISO

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.