KHAD
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 intelligence and security agency of the former Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The agency is directed to protect Revolutionary Council of the Republic of Afghanistan and economy interests and to counterinsurgency and counterintelligence within the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.