Ministry of Interior Affairs (Afghanistan)

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Ministry of Interior Affairs
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JurisdictionAfghanistan
HeadquartersKabul
34°34′04.13″N 69°10′42.82″E / 34.5678139°N 69.1785611°E / 34.5678139; 69.1785611Coordinates: 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
  • Qari Saeed Khosty[1], Spokesperson
  • Maulvi Badruddin Haqqani[3], Director of Procurement
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The Ministry of Interior Affairs (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, Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is also the leader of the Haqqani network, is wanted by the FBI for questioning, with the U.S. Department of State offering a USD $10 million reward for information of his whereabouts leading to his arrest.[4][5]

List of ministers[]

Portrait Name Took office Left office Political affiliation
[6] January 1929 1929 Saqqawist
Mohammad Gul Khan Momand 1930s Independent
Abdul Qadeer Nuristani's photo with President 2014-04-12 23-07.jpg Abdul Qadir Nuristani 1975 28 April 1978 Republican
Nur Ahmed Nur 30 April 1978 1978 PDPA–Parcham
Abdul Samad Khaksar[a] 1996 2001 Taliban
Qari Ahmadullah 1996 ? Taliban
Khirullah Khairkhwa.jpg Khairullah Khairkhwa 1997 1998 Taliban
Abdur Razzaq ? — May 2000 — ? Taliban
Mohammad Younis Qanooni Senate of Poland.JPG Yunus Qanuni 7 December 2001 19 June 2002
Taj Mohammad Wardak 19 June 2002 28 January 2003
Ali Ahmad Jalali with Kent and Michelle Logsdon, June 2017 (cropped).jpg Ali Jalali 28 January 2003 27 September 2005[7] Independent
Osmani speaking in October 2011-cropped.jpg Zarar Ahmad Osmani[b] 28 September 2005 11 October 2008
Mohammad Hanif Atmar in Tehran.jpg Mohammad Hanif Atmar 11 October 2008 July 2010 Independent
Afghan Minister of Interior Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (120121-N-xx999-005) (cropped).jpg Bismillah Khan Mohammadi July 2010 September 2012 Jamiat-e Islami
Ghulam Mujtaba Patang Cropped.jpg Mujtaba Patang 15 September 2012 22 July 2013 Independent
(Police)
Mohammad Omar Daudzai.jpg Mohammad Omar Daudzai 1 September 2013 9 December 2014 Independent
Mohammad Ayub Salangi Cropped.jpg Mohammad Ayub Salangi
(acting) 		9 December 2014 27 January 2015 Independent
(Police)
Nur ul-Haq Ulumi.jpg Nur ul-Haq Ulumi 27 January 2015 24 February 2016 Hezb-e Muttahed-e Melli
Taj Mohammad Jahid, 2016 (cropped).jpg 24 February 2016 13 August 2017
Wais Barmak 13 August 2017 23 December 2018 Independent
Amrullah Saleh (5).jpg Amrullah Saleh
(acting) 		23 December 2018 19 January 2019 Basej-e Milli
19 January 2019 19 March 2021
Hayatullah Hayat
(acting) 		19 March 2021[9] 19 June 2021 Independent
Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal
(acting) 		19 June 2021[10] 15 August 2021 Independent
(Military)
Ibrahim Sadr
(acting) 		24 August 2021 7 September 2021 Taliban
Sirajuddin Haqqani (cropped).png Sirajuddin Haqqani
(acting) 		7 September 2021[11] Incumbent Taliban
(Haqqani network)

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.[12][13]

Joint Task Force Guantanamo counterterrorism analysts described Khairullah Khairkhwa as a former Taliban Minister of the Interior.[dead link][14][15][16] 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[17]

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).[18][19]

Police forces[]

  • Afghan National Police (ANP)[20]
  • General Command of Police Special Units (GCPSU)[23][24]
    • Afghan Territorial Force (ATF) 444[24]
    • Crisis Response Unit (CRU) 222[24]
    • Afghan Special Narcotics Force - also known as Force 333 or Commando Force 333.[25] The force was a counternarcotics paramilitary unit, founded at the end of 2003 with training and assistance from British advisers. It carried out drug interdiction missions in remote areas of the country against high-value targets such as drug laboratories. The Department of Defense provided the unit with intelligence and airlift support.[26][27] All of its operations were sanctioned by the President and Minister of Interior Affairs. It operated regularly with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on raids and seized hundreds of tonnes of illicit drugs.[28]
    • Provincial Special Units[24][25]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Minister or deputy Minister.
  2. ^ Served as deputy Minister when Jalali resigned.[8] Appointed acting Minister before his appointment was made permanent.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.pakistanpoint.com/en/story/1375561/afghan-government-creates-commission-to-root-out-corrup.html
  2. ^ "مولوي عبدالغني فايق د بدخشان د نوې والي په توګه معرفي شو". باختر خبری آژانس. November 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "مولوي بدرالدین حقاني د کورنیو چارو وزارت د تدارکاتو د رییس په توګه وټاکل شو | د کورنیو چارو وزارت". moi.gov.af.
  4. ^ Fink, Jenni (7 September 2021). "Sirajuddin Haqqani, Afghanistan Cabinet Member, Wanted by FBI, $10 Million Reward Offered". Newsweek.
  5. ^ "Wanted: Sirajuddun Haqqani". Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  6. ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. pp. 57, 58. ISBN 9781558761544.
  7. ^ "Afghanistan: Top Security Official Resigns Amid Controversy". Radio Free Europe. September 28, 2005. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
  8. ^ Mudassir Ali Shah (September 30, 2005). "Karzai, Musharraf vow joint anti-terror drive". Daily Times. Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
  9. ^ "Hayat replaces Andarabi as acting interior minister". Pajhwok Afghan News. March 19, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  10. ^ "Afghan president replaces security ministers amid Taliban advance". 2021-06-19. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  11. ^ "Taliban announce new government for Afghanistan". BBC News. 2021-09-07. Archived from the original on 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  12. ^ "Afghan president condemns assassination of former interior minister". Xinhua. People's Daily. January 16, 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
  13. ^ Scott Baldauf (October 15, 2004). "Peaceful vote diminishes Taliban: The Afghan rebels had threatened violence to disrupt Saturday's elections, but failed to deliver". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
  14. ^ OARDEC (October 7, 2005). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Khairkhwa, Khirullah Said Wali" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 38–41. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  15. ^ OARDEC (June 16, 2006). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Khairkhwa, Khirullah Said Wali" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 83–85. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  16. ^ OARDEC (June 2006). "Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings for ISN 579" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 34–44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  17. ^ "MoI Expects Better Security After Changes In Leadership". TOLOnews. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  18. ^ United States. Department of Defense (December 2020). Enhancing Security and Stability In Afghanistan (PDF). pp. 57, 59. 7-653B15D. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  19. ^ "2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Afghanistan" (PDF). The United States Department of Justice. United States Department of State. 27 February 2014. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  20. ^ a b c d Department of Defense 2020, p. 58.
  21. ^ Department of Defense 2020, pp. 58–59.
  22. ^ a b c Department of Defense 2020, p. 59.
  23. ^ Department of Defense 2020, pp. 59–60.
  24. ^ a b c d Helmus, Todd C. (2015). Advising the Command : Best Practices from the Special Operation's Advisory Experience in Afghanistan (PDF). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. p. 2. ISBN 9780833088918. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  25. ^ a b Department of Defense 2020, p. 60.
  26. ^ Christopher M. Blanchard (December 2009). Afghanistan: Narcotics and U. S. Policy. DIANE Publishing. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-1-4379-1922-6.
  27. ^ Steve Bowman (November 2010). War in Afghanistan: Strategy, Military Operations, and Issues for Congress. DIANE Publishing. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-1-4379-2698-9.
  28. ^ William R. Brownfield (May 2011). International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control. DIANE Publishing. pp. 98–. ISBN 978-1-4379-8272-5.

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