National Directorate of Security

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intelligence agency

The National Directorate of Security is Afghanistan’s principal intelligence and security agency, responsible for domestic intelligence gathering, counterterrorism, and safeguarding national security.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
National Directorate of Security canonical	3
National Directorate of Security (historical)	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intelligence agency ⓘ
abbreviation	NDS NERFINISHED ⓘ
collects	domestic intelligence ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Afghan National Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Afghan National Police NERFINISHED ⓘ foreign intelligence agencies ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
employs	intelligence officers ⓘ security personnel ⓘ
field	counterterrorism ⓘ intelligence ⓘ national security ⓘ
focusesOn	counterespionage ⓘ counterinsurgency ⓘ counterterrorism operations ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName	Dari NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashto ⓘ
mandate	protecting Afghanistan from internal threats ⓘ protecting Afghanistan from terrorist activities ⓘ
objective	maintaining internal stability in Afghanistan ⓘ preventing terrorist attacks in Afghanistan ⓘ
operatesIn	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Government of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibility	counterterrorism ⓘ domestic intelligence gathering ⓘ safeguarding national security ⓘ
role	principal intelligence agency of Afghanistan ⓘ principal security agency of Afghanistan ⓘ
sector	security and intelligence ⓘ
supervises	intelligence operations in Afghanistan ⓘ internal security operations in Afghanistan ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	civilian intelligence agency ⓘ
uses	covert operations ⓘ intelligence analysis ⓘ surveillance ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afghan security ministries → consistsOf → National Directorate of Security ⓘ

Amrullah Saleh → employer → National Directorate of Security ⓘ

Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan → coordinatesWith → National Directorate of Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Directorate of Security (historical)

Afghan National Defense and Security Forces → hasPart → National Directorate of Security ⓘ