KHAD
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For other uses, see KHAD (disambiguation).
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.
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Pashto: د ملي امنیت لوی ریاست Dari: ریاست عمومی امنیت ملی Da Millī Amniyat Loy Riyāsat Riyāsat-e Umūmī Amniyat-e Millī | |
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Formed | January 1980; 44 years ago (1980-01) |
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Dissolved | April 1992; 32 years ago (1992-04) |
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Headquarters | Shashdarak Centre, Kabul, Afghanistan |
Employees | 90,000 (1990)[1][2] |
Annual budget | $160 million (1986)[3] |
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