Editing KHAD (section)

===Post-KhAD (1986-2001)===
On 9 January 1986, KhAD was changed with its name to WAD (''Wazarat-e Amaniat-e Dowlati'' or '''Ministry of State Security'''), with the agency becoming its own ministry.<ref name="NMFAK">{{Cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/467006172.html|title=Refworld &#124; Afghanistan - Security Services in Communist Afghanistan (1978–1992). AGSA, KAM, KhAD and WAD|website=Refworld}}</ref> It was reported that WAD was placed in charge of controlling the Kabul Garrison.<ref name="NMFAK"/> Its budget and size were expanded.{{Sfn|Landsford|2017|p=433}} However WAD would still often be referred to as KhAD by the US government and the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. In 1987 KhAD was behind many terrorist attacks on Pakistani soil including the [[1987 Karachi car bombing|Karachi Car bombing]] and an attempted car bombing on the [[US consulate|US Consulate]] in [[Peshawar]] which ended up killing over 30 people.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=TERRORISM REVIEW FOR 13 JANUARY 1987 {{!}} CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov) |url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/0000258615 |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=www.cia.gov}}</ref> 

In 1989, WAD-led forces, more specifically the Special Guard and the 904th Battalion, fought in the [[Battle of Jalalabad (1989)|Battle of Jalalabad]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleiss |first=Alex |date=2022-04-05 |title=What happened in the battle of Jalalabad? |url=https://www.rebellionresearch.com/what-happened-in-the-battle-of-jalalabad |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=Rebellion Research |language=en-US}}</ref> In March 1990, Lieutenant-General [[Shahnawaz Tanai]] attempted a coup, which was suppressed by the WAD-led Afghan National Guard (''Gard-e-Milli''), General Khushal Peroz and [[Mohammad Aslam Watanjar]].<ref name="NMFAK"/>

[[File:Afghan KHAD patch 1987.jpg|150px|thumb|A black 1987 KHAD patch<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local Military Roundtable Display |url=https://oefoif.forumotion.net/t8535-local-military-roundtable-display |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=oefoif.forumotion.net |language=en}}</ref>]]

During the civil war in the 1990s, [[Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin|Hezb-i-Islami]], the [[Northern Alliance]] and the [[Taliban]] all recruited ex-KhAD officers and agents to act as their moles operating behind enemy territory.<ref name="AUAE"/>