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Abdullah Laghmani
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

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.

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]

References

^ Rahimi, Sangar, Stephen Farrell (2009-09-02). "Deputy Chief of Intelligence Is Slain in Afghanistan". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-02. Mr. Laghmani, who was in his 40s, served...
^ ^a ^b Bhadrakumar, M. K. (2009-09-04). "Spooks spill blood in the Hindu Kush". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
^ "Taliban suspects arrested". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2004-12-15. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
^ "Taliban Suicide Strike Kills Afghan Deputy Spy Chief". NPR. Associated Press. 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2009-09-02.