Editing KHAD (section)

===KhAD===
KhAD was known to have the following organizational structures in place:<ref name="UNHCRR"/>

====Headquarters====
* Directorate of Administration and Finance 
* Directorate of Cadre / Personnel 
* Directorate of Interrogation 
* Directorate of Intelligence and Afghan Diplomatic Missions Abroad 
* Directorate of Post and Parcels 
* Directorate for Operative Activities for Internal Control of KhAD Personnel 
* Directorate for Economy and Anti Corruption 
* Directorate for Counter Rebellion: Two Sub-Directorates covering 16 provinces each. Known to have three military battalions based in Kabul to assist with arrests and other investigative work.
* Directorate for Surveillance of Foreign and National Suspects
* Directorate of the Press and Educational Institutions
* Directorate for the Protection of the Government and its Representatives 
* Directorate of Propaganda and Counter-Propaganda 
* Directorate of Telecommunications and Decoding 
* Directorate for Activities Linked to Infiltration of Mujaheddin 
* Directorate of Logistics 
* Directorate for Agents and Informers 
* Directorate of Analysis and Reporting 
* Tenth Directorate (Foreign Intelligence)
* KhAD-e-Nezami (Military Intelligence)/Military KhAD: Embedded in the Ministry of Defense to prevent infiltration by mujahideen groups.
* Police KhAD: Embedded in the Ministry of Interior to prevent infiltration by mujahideen groups.
* Air Force and Air Defense Command KhAD Department<ref>{{Cite web |last=Directorate of Intelligence |first=CIA |date=May 1986 |title=The Afghan Air Force: New Planes, Old Problems, Little Impact |url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88T00096R000200260002-1.pdf |website=CIA Library}}</ref>

====Provincial====
* Administration and Finance 
* Cadre / Personnel Directorate 
* Surveillance of foreign and national suspects 
* Interrogation 
* Post and Parcels 
* Operative activities for internal control of KhAD personnel 
* Propaganda and counter-propaganda 
* Economy and Anti-Corruption 
* Press and Educational institutions 
* Logistics 
* Counter-Rebellion: 2 Sub-Directorates covering 16 Provinces each
* Protection of the government and its representatives 
* Telecommunication and Decoding 
* Activities linked to infiltration of Mujaheddin 
* Agents and Informer Unit 
* Analysis and Reporting 
* City District Offices 
* Rural District Offices
* Military and Police KhAD within the respective ministries' structures

While not part of the KHAD structure, [[Ismatullah Muslim|militias]] recruited from tribal and anti-government militias who agreed to work with them, are finally supported by the agency.<ref name="UNHCRR"/> KhAD also had its own special forces units, attached to each province which included between 250-300 personnel.<ref name="auto"/> KhAD-e Nezami, the military intelligence agency of the [[Afghan Army]], additionally had four Afghan [[spetsnaz]] battalions under their control, such as the:

* [[203rd Separate Spetsnaz Battalion]] (Kabul)
* 211th Separate Spetsnaz Battalion ([[Jalalabad]])
* 212th Separate Spetsnaz Battalion ([[Gardez]])
* 230th Separate Spetsnaz Battalion ([[Kandahar]])