Ahmad Zia Saraj

Ahmad Zia Saraj
احمد ضیاء سراج
Director General of NDS
In office
09/09/2019–15/08/2021
PresidentAshraf Ghani
Preceded byMohammed Masoom Stanekzai
Deputy Director General for Operations NDS
Assumed office
2018- 09/09/2019
Chief of Counter Terrorism Department NDS
In office
2016–2018
Personal details
Born (1978-03-11) 11 March 1978 (age 46)
Kabul Province, Afghanistan
Education- Master of defence studies
- Master of strategic management and leadership
Alma mater- King's College London
- Chartered Management Institute
OccupationProfessor at the King's College London[1]
ProfessionPolitician
Intelligence
Military
Military service
AllegianceIslamic Republic of Afghanistan
RankLieutenant General

Ahmad Zia Saraj was final Director General of National Directorate of Security National Directorate of Security (Afghanistan) from 2019 to 2021,[2] until the collapse of the Islamic Republic. He served as the Deputy Director General, chief of counter terrorism department, deputy chief of foreign intelligence & counterintelligence and some other key positions in NDS respectively over 20 years after the fall of Taliban in 2001. He serves as visiting professor in the war studies department of the King's College London University.[3]

  1. ^ https://kcsi.uk/members/ahmad-zia-saraj
  2. ^ "Ahmad Zia Saraj Introduced As Acting NDS Chief".
  3. ^ "Ahmad Zia Saraj as visitor professor in king's collage london".