General Directorate of Intelligence

Pashto: د استخباراتو لوی ریاست Dari: ریاست عمومی استخبارات
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Agency overview
Formed	2021 (2021)
Preceding	National Directorate of Security
Headquarters	Shahdarak, Kabul, Afghanistan
Motto	"And victory is not but from Allah. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise." (Quran: 8:10)
Employees	Unknown
Annual budget	Classified
Minister responsible	Mullah Yaqoob
Deputy Minister responsible	Abdul Qayyum Zakir
Agency executives	Abdul Haq Wasiq[1], (Director general) Rahmatullah Najib Taj Mir Jawad, (Deputy director(s)) Khalil Hamraz[2], (Spokesman)
Parent agency	Ministry of Defense
Website	Official Twitter

The General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI; Pashto: د استخباراتو لوی ریاست; Dari: ریاست عمومی استخبارات) is the Afghan national intelligence, security and spy agency under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Organization

Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has claimed that the GDI reports directly to him, according to a statement released by Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid in 2022 that purportedly quoted Akhundzada.^[3]

The GDI is divided into provincial level departments.

Activities

Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, six hundred ISIS members, four kidnappers, dozens of mafia and other criminals have been arrested by the GDI.^[4][5][6][7]

Despite Taliban pledges to be tolerant, the GDI announced on March 2, 2022 that Afghan media must show a "press-friendly" image of the Taliban while they pressure reporters on rules that should not contradict Islamic values.^[8]

Directors

• Abdul Haq Wasiq (7 September 2021 – present)