National Directorate of Security

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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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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

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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