Ministry of Interior Affairs (Afghanistan)


The Ministry of Interior Affairs is headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan, and is responsible for law enforcement in Afghanistan, civil order and fighting crime. It maintains the Afghan National Police, Afghan Special Narcotics Force, Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan, and the Afghan Public Protection Force. It also supervises the General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Centers.

List of ministers

The Minister is also the Cabinet member responsible for the administration of Afghanistan's Provinces.
NameDateNotes
Mohammad Gul Khan Momand1930s
Abdul Qadir Nuristani1975 - ?
Khairullah Khairkhwa1997 - 1998
Abdur Razzaq? — May 2000 — ?
  • Was the Taliban's Interior Minister in May 2000 during the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
    • Yunus QanuniDecember 7, 2001 — 19 June 2002
  • Participated in the Bonn conference that confirmed Hamid Karzai as Afghanistan's interim leader.
  • A leader in the Northern Alliance
  • Resigned from the Interior Ministry, and became Education Minister.
  • Ran for President against Hamid Karzai.
    • Taj Mohammad Wardak19 June 2002 — January 28, 2003
    Ali Ahmad JalaliJanuary 28, 2003 — September 27, 2005
  • Former director of the Afghanistan branch of Voice of America.
    • Ahmad Moqbel ZararSeptember 28, 2005 — October 11, 2008
  • Was the deputy Minister when Jalali resigned.
  • Was appointed acting Minister before his appointment was made permanent.
    • Mohamad Hanif AtmarOctober 11, 2008 — July 2010
  • Was previous education minister.
    • Bismillah Khan MohammadiJuly 2010 — September 2012
  • Was Chief of staff of the Afghan National Army previously.
    • Mujtaba Patang15 September 2012 — 22 July 2013
    Mohammad Omar Daudzai1 September 2013 — 9 December 2014
    Mohammad Ayub Salangi9 December 2014 - 27 January 2015
    Nur ul-Haq Ulumi27 January 2015 — 24 February 2016
    Taj Mohammad Jahid24 February 2016 — 13 August 2017
    Wais Barmak13 August 2017 — 23 December 2018Amrullah Saleh is appointed as acting minister 23 - dec - 2018 to 19 - jan - 2019 and Masoud Andrabi is appointed as acting minister 12 - feb - 2019 to present

    Police Forces

    a former Taliban deputy Minister of the Interior is notable because he is reported to have been spying on the Taliban.
    Khaksar was assassinated on January 14, 2006 by Taliban gunmen.
    (NOTE: Abdul-Samad Khaksar served as interior minister from 1995-97. He was replaced with Khairullah Khairkhwah, then Abdul-Razzaq Akhundzada.

    Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts described Khirullah Khairkhwa as a former Taliban Minister of the Interior.
    However, during his second annual Administrative Review Board hearing Khirullah Khairkhwa disputed this allegation.