Asadullah Khalid
| Asadullah Khalid | |
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Asadullah Khalid in front of the Rahman Baba High School in Kabul
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| Director of the National Directorate of Security |
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In office 15 September 2012 – 28 January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Rahmatullah Nabil |
| Succeeded by | Rahmatullah Nabil |
| Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs | |
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In office 2008 – September 15, 2012 |
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| Governor of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan | |
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In office 2005–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Yousef Pashtun |
| Succeeded by | Rahmatullah Raufi |
| Governor of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan | |
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In office 2002–2005 |
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| Preceded by | Taj Mohammad Qari Baba |
| Succeeded by | Sher Alam Ibrahimi |
| Personal details | |
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10 June 1970 Ghazni, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan, Karzai loyalist |
| Religion | Islam |
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). 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.
Haji Asadullah Khalid was born in the Ghazni Province of Afghanistan on 10 June 1970 into a Taraki Ghilzai Pashtun family. His father served as an MP during the reign of the king Zaher Shah while in later days his uncle became a known Ittihad-i Islami commander. Asadullah Khalid himself became affiliated with the Ittihad party and its leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf.
During the rule of the Taliban (1996-2001), Khalid served with the anti-Taliban resistance as part of the Ittihad faction.The Afghanistan Analyst Network writes that Khalid may have recovered "Stinger missiles on behalf of Ittihad’s boss, Sayyaf", which may have brought him into first direct contacts with the CIA. Khalid's personal account of that time is that he studied law in Tajikistan.
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