KHAD
| Dari: خدمات اطلاعات دولتی Khadamāt-e Aetlā'āt Dawlati | |
WAD emblem from 1987 to 1992 | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | January 1980 |
| Preceding agencies |
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| Dissolved | January 9, 1986 |
| Superseding agencies | |
| Type | Secret Police |
| Headquarters | Shashdarak Centre, Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Motto | A weapon in one hand, a book in the other |
The Khadamat-e Aetla'at-e Dawlati (Pashto/Dari: خدمات اطلاعات دولتی literally "State Intelligence Agency", also known as "State Information Services" or "Committee of State Security"), better known by the acronym KhAD, was the agency in charge of internal security, foreign intelligence, counter-intelligence and the secret police of the former Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.