Ministry of Interior Affairs (Afghanistan)

Ministry of Interior Affairs
Emblem of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Government agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Afghanistan
HeadquartersKabul
34°34′04.13″N 69°10′42.82″E / 34.5678139°N 69.1785611°E / 34.5678139; 69.1785611
MottoResolute. Ready. Responsive.
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Government agency executives
  • Mullah Abdul Nafi Takoor[1], Spokesperson
  • Maulvi Badruddin Haqqani[2], Director of Procurement
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The Ministry of Interior Affairs (Persian: وزارت امور داخله افغانستان, Pashto: د افغانستان د کورنیو چارو وزارت) is the cabinet ministry of Afghanistan responsible for law enforcement, civil order and fighting crime. The ministry's headquarters is located in Kabul.

The current minister of Interior Affairs is Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is also the first deputy leader of Afghanistan and the leader of the Haqqani network.

List of ministers

Portrait Name Took office Left office Political affiliation
Ali Ahmad Loinab[3] August 1919 June 1925
Abdul Aziz Barakzai[3] June 1925 1928
Abdul Ahad Wardak[3] 1928 1929
Abd al-Ghafur Khan[4] January 1929 1929 Saqqawist
Muhammad Hashim Khan[3] 1929 1930
Muhammad Gul Mohmand[3] 1930 1939
Ghulam Faruq Usman[3] 1939 1942
Muhammad Nauruz[3] 1942 1945
Ghulam Faruq Usman[3] 1945 1948
Gen. Asadullah Seraj[3] 1948 1949
Gen. Muhammad Daud[3] 1949 1951
Gen. Abdul Ahad Malikyar[3] 1951 1955
Abdul Hakim Shah-Alami[3] 1955 1958
Sayyid Abdullah[3] 1958 1963
Dr. Abdul Qayyum[3] 1963 1965
Abdus Sattar Shalizi[3] 1965 1966
Eng. Ahmadullah[3] 1966 1967
Muhammad Umar Wardak[3] 1967 1969
Eng. Muhammad Bashir Lodin[3] 1969 1971
Amanullah Mansuri[3] 1971 1972
Nimatullah Pazhwak[3] 1972 1973
Faiz Mohammed 1973[3] 1975 Independent
Abdul Qadir Nuristani 1975 28 April 1978 Republican
Nur Ahmed Nur[5] 30 April 1978 11 July 1978 PDPA–Parcham
Mohammad Aslam Watanjar[6] 11 July 1978 1 April 1979 PDPA–Khalq
Shir Jan Mazdooryar[7] 1 April 1979 28 July 1979 PDPA–Khalq
Mohammad Aslam Watanjar[8] 28 July 1979 19 September 1979 PDPA–Khalq
Vacant (19 September – 28 December 1979)
Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy[9] 28 December 1979 15 November 1988 PDPA–Khalq
Mohammad Aslam Watanjar[10] 15 November 1988 6 March 1990 PDPA–Khalq
Raz Muhammad Paktin[11] 6 March 1990 16 April 1992 Homeland Party
Abdul Samad Khaksar[a] 1996 2001 Taliban
Qari Ahmadullah 1996 ? Taliban
Khairullah Khairkhwa 1997 1998 Taliban
Abdur Razzaq ? — May 2000 — ? Taliban
Yunus Qanuni 7 December 2001 19 June 2002
Taj Mohammad Wardak 19 June 2002 28 January 2003
Ali Jalali 28 January 2003 27 September 2005[12] Independent
Zarar Ahmad Osmani[b] 28 September 2005 11 October 2008
Mohammad Hanif Atmar 11 October 2008 July 2010 Independent
Bismillah Khan Mohammadi July 2010 September 2012 Jamiat-e Islami
Mujtaba Patang 15 September 2012 22 July 2013 Independent
(Police)
Mohammad Omar Daudzai 1 September 2013 9 December 2014 Independent
Mohammad Ayub Salangi
(acting) 		9 December 2014 27 January 2015 Independent
(Police)
Nur ul-Haq Ulumi 27 January 2015 24 February 2016 Hezb-e Muttahed-e Melli
Taj Mohammad Jahid 24 February 2016 13 August 2017 Jamiat-e Islami
Wais Barmak 13 August 2017 23 December 2018 Independent
Amrullah Saleh
(acting) 		23 December 2018 19 January 2019 Basej-e Milli
Masoud Andrabi 19 January 2019 19 March 2021
Hayatullah Hayat
(acting) 		19 March 2021[14] 19 June 2021 Independent
Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal
(acting) 		19 June 2021[15] 15 August 2021 Independent
(Military)
Ibrahim Sadr
(acting) 		24 August 2021 7 September 2021 Taliban
Sirajuddin Haqqani
(acting) 		7 September 2021[16] Incumbent Taliban
(Haqqani network)

The Democratic Republic period

During the period where Afghanistan was a Marxist-Leninist state under the People’s Democratic People of Afghanistan, those that worked for the Ministry of Interior (MoI) were referred to as “Sarandoy”.[17] This label included traffic police, provinical officers and corrections/labor prison facility officers. The Ministry of Interior also had female personnel who were tasked with interacting with female civilians, such as when searching them at checkpoints. Those who worked for the Ministry of Interior were tasked with fighting “counter-revolutionaries”, securing government and party components and ensuring the safety of important structures. As of 1982, the Ministry of Interior may have had its own intelligence agency. The Sarandoy were a centrally commanded force and companies, battalions, and brigades reported to the “Directorate of the Defense of the Revolution of the Ministry of Interior”.

It should also be noted that a gendarme forces also existed during the monarchy and Daoud Khan’s republic, and that personnel under the Ministry of Interior were trained by Turkey from the 1950s well into the 1970s. Additionally, both West Germany and East Germany trained those in the Ministry of Interior and on the eve of the Saur Revolution in 1978, Afghanistan’s officer corps and MoI personnel contained personnel who received training in the United States. Regardless, the Sarandoy had far more numbers and were more effective due to the cooperation of the Soviet MVD and its “Kobalt” units in 1981 and 1982 where 12,000 of these Sarandoy personnel were trained at MVD facilities in the Soviet Union between 1978 and 1986, many of them being junior commanders and NCOs. 2,500 of these Sarandoy personnel would be trained in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic for past excellence in combat.

The first Islamic Emirate period

During the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001), Abdul Samad Khaksar (also referred to as Mohammad Khaksar in some news reports) was a Taliban deputy Minister of the Interior, who is notable because he offered to help the US deal with al-Qaeda and became an informant for the Northern Alliance. Khaksar was assassinated on January 14, 2006 by Taliban gunmen.[18][19]

Joint Task Force Guantanamo counterterrorism analysts described Khairullah Khairkhwa as a former Taliban Minister of the Interior.[dead link‍][20][21][22] However, during his second annual Administrative Review Board hearing Khairullah Khairkhwa disputed this allegation.

The Islamic Republic period

Seal of the Interior Ministry and Police of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan[23]

During the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021), the ministry maintained the Afghan National Police, the General Command of Police Special Units and the General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Centers (GDPDC).[24][25]

Police forces

Notes

  1. ^ Minister or deputy Minister.
  2. ^ Served as deputy Minister when Jalali resigned.[13] Appointed acting Minister before his appointment was made permanent.

See also

References

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