Asadullah Khalid

Asadullah Khalid
Asadullah Khalid in front of the Rahman Baba High School in Kabul
Minister of Defense
In office
23 December 2018 – 19 March 2021[1]
Acting: 23 December 2018 – 21 November 2020
PresidentAshraf Ghani
Preceded byTariq Shah Bahrami
Succeeded byYasin Zia (Acting)
Director of the National Directorate of Security
In office
15 September 2012 – 28 January 2015
Preceded byRahmatullah Nabil
Succeeded byRahmatullah Nabil
Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs
In office
2008 – 15 September 2012
PresidentHamid Karzai
Preceded byAbdul Karim Brahui
Succeeded byMohammad Arif Noorzai
Governor of Kandahar Province
In office
2005–2008
Preceded byYousef Pashtun
Succeeded byRahmatullah Raufi
Governor of Ghazni Province
In office
2002–2005
Preceded byTaj Mohammad Qari Baba
Succeeded bySher Alam Ibrahimi
Personal details
Born (1970-06-10) 10 June 1970 (age 54)
Ghazni, Afghanistan
Political partyISO

Asadullah Khalid is a politician in Afghanistan. He served as head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), which is the domestic intelligence agency of Afghanistan. Before his appointment as the head of the NDS in September 2012, Khalid served as the Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs. Between 2005 and 2008, he was the Governor of Kandahar Province and prior to that as Governor of Ghazni Province (2002-2005). From 2018 until 2021 he was the Minister of Defense. Khalid is said to be affiliated with the Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan (Ittihad-i Islami) and has been noted as one of many loyalists of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

  1. ^ "Afghan president replaces security ministers amid Taliban advance". 2021-06-19. Retrieved 2021-06-27.