Abdullah Laghmani

Abdullah Laghmani (1960s^[1] –2 September 2009) was Deputy Chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Afghanistan, and a prominent ally of President Hamid Karzai. He first served as an intelligence officer for the Northern Alliance during Taliban rule.^[2] After the formation of Karzai administration in late 2001, Laghmani served as the intelligence chief of Kandahar province^[3] before moving up as deputy chief. Laghmani was killed in a Taliban suicide bomb attack in Mehtar Lam, Laghman Province.

Abdullah Laghmani
Deputy Director of the National Directorate of Security
In office Unknown – 2 September 2009
President	Hamid Karzai
Personal details
Born	~1960s
Died	2 September 2009 Mihtarlam, Laghman Province, Afghanistan

An ethnic Tajik,^[4] he was particularly knowledgeable about the Taliban and the movement's mentors in Pakistan. He and his agents helped determine a possible link between the bombers who attacked the Indian Embassy in Kabul in July 2008 and the Pakistani intelligence service (ISI) in Peshawar.^[2]