Rahmatullah Nabil

Rahmatullah Nabil
Director of the
National Directorate of Security
Assumed office
31 August 2013
Preceded by Asadullah Khalid
Personal details
Born 1968 (age 46–47)[1]
Wardak [1]
Alma mater University of Peshawar
Religion Sunni Islam

Rahmatullah Nabil is an Afghan politician. He served as Head of the National Directorate of Security from 2010 to 2012. On September 1, 2013, he was reappointed as acting Director[2][3] due to the health problems suffered by Asadullah Khalid following an attempted assassination. Nabil was officially reappointed as the full time Director of the NDS on 28 January 2015.[4] Nabil has been blamed for failing to stop the spread of Taliban violence in 2015.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kate Clark. Political Landscape. afghanistan analysts network 18 July 2010. Retrieved 2015-07-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ↑ Nathan Hodge, 'Karzai Move Prompts Concerns', The Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, September 3, 2013, p. A10
  3. ↑ Afghanistan appoints spy agency head, Business Standard, August 31, 2013
  4. ↑ Afghan Biographies: Nabil, Rahmatullah Maj. Gen.
  5. ↑ "Pakistan patches up relations with both India and Afghanistan. Regional peace will depend on what happens next". The Economist. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.


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