Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security
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Dari: ریاست عمومی امنیت ملی Pashto: د ملي امنیت ریاست Riyasat-e Amniyat-e Milli |
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Seal of the National Directorate of Security
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2002 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Headquarters | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
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| Website | Official website (registered but offline) |
The National Directorate of Security (NDS, Riyāsat-e Amniyat-e Milli) is the primary intelligence agency of Afghanistan.
The National Directorate of Security was founded as the primary domestic and foreign intelligence agency of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in 2002, and is considered the successor to KHAD, which was the previous intelligence organization before the Afghan Civil War (1996–2001).
The NDS is part of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), and reports directly to the Office of the President.
As the primary intelligence organ of Afghanistan, the NDS shares information with ministries of Afghanistan and with provincial authorities. The NDS also cooperates with the American CIA, the Pakistani ISI, and other NATO intelligence agencies.
After the ouster of the Taliban in 2002, the NDS warned ISI about exiled militant commanders and al-Qaeda operatives hiding in Pakistan. In early 2006, intelligence gathered from NDS detainees suggested Osama bin Laden resided in the western Pakistan town of Mansehra. A classified NDS paper completed in May, titled "Strategy of the Taliban," claimed ISI and Saudi Arabia restarted active support for the Taliban in 2005. Pakistan's military leadership sought to weaken and delegitimize Hamid Karzai's government, in order to prevent an alliance between Afghanistan and India.
In 2007, Amrullah Saleh's NDS used arrests and interrogations to discover the majority of suicide bombings in Afghanistan originated among Paushtuns from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
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