KHAD

Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati (KhAD)
Pashto: د ملي امنیت لوی ریاست; Dari: ریاست عمومی امنیت ملی; Da Millī Amniyat Loy Riyāsat; Riyāsat-e Umūmī Amniyat-e Millī
	KhAD emblem from 1980 to 1987
Agency overview
Formed	January 1980
Preceding agencies	Istikhbarat (–1978); AGSA (1978–1979); KAM (1979–1979);
Dissolved	April 1992
Superseding agencies	WAD (1987–1992); NDS (2002–2021); GDI (2021–present);
Headquarters	Shashdarak Centre, Kabul, Afghanistan
Employees	90,000 (1990)
Annual budget	$160 million (1986)

Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati (Pashto/Dari: خدمات اطلاعات دولتی literally "State Intelligence Agency", also known as "State Information Services"^[4] or "Committee of State Security"^[5]), 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.

^ "An April Day That Changed Afghanistan 4: The evolution of the PDPA and its relations with the Soviet Union". Afghanistan Analysts Network - English (in Pashto). 3 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
^ Giustozzi, Antonio (2000). War, Politics and Society. C. Hurst & Co. London. pp. 98, 266. ISBN 9780878407583.
^ Weymouth, Lally (28 August 1988). "WHO KILLED PAKISTAN'S ZIA THE FEARS AND THE THEORIES". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ Note on the Structure and Operation of the KhAD/WAD in Afghanistan 1978–1992
^ "Archived copy". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Agency overview
Pashto: د ملي امنیت لوی ریاست Dari: ریاست عمومی امنیت ملی Da Millī Amniyat Loy Riyāsat Riyāsat-e Umūmī Amniyat-e Millī
KhAD emblem from 1980 to 1987
Formed	January 1980; 44 years ago (1980-01)
Preceding agencies	Istikhbarat (–1978) AGSA (1978–1979) KAM (1979–1979)
Dissolved	April 1992; 32 years ago (1992-04)
Superseding agencies	WAD (1987–1992) NDS (2002–2021) GDI (2021–present)
Headquarters	Shashdarak Centre, Kabul, Afghanistan
Employees	90,000 (1990)^[1]^[2]
Annual budget	$160 million (1986)^[3]