The Ministry of Interior Affairs ( fa, وزارت امور داخله افغانستان, ps, د افغانستان د کورنیو چارو وزارت) is the

cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Filing ...

ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

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 The supreme leader of Afghanistan ( ps, د افغانستان مشر, Də Afġānistān Damshīr, prs, رهبر افغانستان, Rahbar-e Afghānistān), officially the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, prs, رهبر ا ...

and the leader of the Haqqani network.

List of ministers

The first Islamic Emirate period

During the

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001) The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ( ps, د افغانستان اسلامي امارت, '), also referred to as the First Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, was an Islamic state established in September 1996, when the Taliban began their gove ...

, 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 Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremism, Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arab, Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military ta ...

and became an informant for the Northern Alliance. Khaksar was assassinated on January 14, 2006 by Taliban gunmen. Joint Task Force Guantanamo

counterterrorism Counterterrorism (also spelled counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, incorporates the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that Government, governments, law enforcement, business, and Intelligence agency, intellig ...

analysts described Khairullah Khairkhwa as a former Taliban Minister of the Interior. However, during his second annual Administrative Review Board hearing Khairullah Khairkhwa disputed this allegation.

The Islamic Republic period

Seal of the Afghan National Police (English)

During the

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was a presidential republic that ruled Afghanistan from 2004 to 2021. The state was established to replace the Afghan interim (2001–2002) and transitional (2002–2004) administrations, which were formed ...

(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).

Police forces

* Afghan National Police (ANP) ** Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) ** Public Security Police (PSP) **

Afghan Border Force The Afghan Border Force (ABF) was responsible for security of Afghanistan's border area with neighboring countries extending up to into the interior and formed part of the Afghan National Army. In December 2017, most of the Afghan Border Police ...

(ABP) ** General Directorate for Intelligence and Counter Crime (GDICC) (formerly Afghan Anti-Crime Police (AACP)) **

Afghan Public Protection Force The Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) was a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) security service provider intended to protect people, infrastructure, facilities and construction projects. The APPF is organized as a Sta ...

(APPF) **

Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan The Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) was a specialist force under the command of the Afghan National Police The Afghan National Police (ANP; ps, د افغانستان ملي پولیس; prs, پلیس ملی افغانستان), ...

(CNPA) ** Afghan Local Police (ALP) * General Command of Police Special Units (GCPSU) ** Afghan Territorial Force (ATF) 444 ** Crisis Response Unit (CRU) 222 ** Afghan Special Narcotics Force - also known as Force 333 or Commando Force 333. The force was a counternarcotics

paramilitary A paramilitary is an organization whose structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. Paramilitary units carr ...

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. 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. ** Provincial Special Units

Notes

References

External links

Official site
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Official site of the Afghan Public Protection Force
Ministries of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Government ministries of Afghanistan Afghanistan {{Afghanistan-gov-stub