Abdullah Laghmani

Abdullah Laghmani (1960s[1] –2 September 2009) was deputy chief of the National Directorate of Security in Afghanistan.

An ethnic Pashtun,[2] Laghmani served as an intelligence officer for the Northern Alliance during Taliban rule.[3] After the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 he served the intelligence chief of Kandahar province[4] before moving up as deputy chief. During his service he is said to have been responsible for linking Pakistan to the 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul.[3]

He was killed in a Taliban suicide bomb attack in Mehtar Lam.

References

  1. ^ "Deputy Chief of Intelligence Is Slain in Afghanistan". The New York Times. 2009-09-02. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/world/asia/03afghan.html. Retrieved 2009-09-02. "Mr. Laghmani, who was in his 40s, served..." 
  2. ^ "Taliban Suicide Strike Kills Afghan Deputy Spy Chief". Associated Press. NPR. 2009-09-02. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112488245&ft=1&f=1004. Retrieved 2009-09-02. 
  3. ^ a b Bhadrakumar, M. K. (2009-09-04). "Spooks spill blood in the Hindu Kush". Asia Times. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KI04Df05.html. Retrieved 2009-09-04. 
  4. ^ "Taliban suspects arrested". Associated Press. The Guardian. 2004-12-15. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/dec/15/afghanistan. Retrieved 2009-09-02. 

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