Ministry of Interior Affairs (Afghanistan)
Name Date Notes
Mohammad Gul Khan Momand 1930s
Abdul Qadir Nuristani 1975 - ?
Khairullah Khairkhwa 1997 - 1998 Served as the Minister of the Interior during the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Abdur Razzaq ? - May 2000 - ? Was the Taliban 's Interior Minister in May 2000 during the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Yunus Qanuni December 7 , 2001 - 19 June 2002 Participated in the Bonn conference that confirmed Hamid Karzai as Afghanistan 's interim leader . A leader in the Northern Alliance Resigned from the Interior Ministry , and became Education Minister . Ran for President against Hamid Karzai
Taj Mohammad Wardak 19 June 2002 - January 28 , 2003
Ali Ahmad Jalali January 28 , 2003 - September 27 , 2005 Former director of the Afghanistan branch of Voice of America
Ahmad Moqbel Zarar September 28 , 2005 - October 11 , 2008 Was the deputy Minister when Jalali resigned . Was appointed acting Minister before his appointment was made permanent
Mohamad Hanif Atmar October 11 , 2008 - July 2010 Was previous education minister
Bismillah Khan Mohammadi July 2010 - September 2012 Was Chief of staff of the Afghan National Army previously
Mujtaba Patang 15 September 2012 - 22 July 2013
Mohammad Omar Daudzai 1 September 2013 - 9 December 2014
Mohammad Ayub Salangi ( acting ) 9 December 2014 - 27 January 2015
Nur ul-Haq Ulumi 27 January 2015 - 24 February 2016
Taj Mohammad Jahid 24 February 2016 - 13 August 2017
Wais Barmak 13 August 2017 - 23 December 2018 Amrullah Saleh is appointed as acting minister 23 - dec - 2018 to 19 - jan - 2019 and Masoud Andrabi is appointed as acting minister 12 - feb - 2019 to present
List of ministers
The Minister is also the Cabinet member responsible for the administration of Afghanistan 's Provinces .
The Ministry of Interior Affairs () is headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan, and is responsible for law enforcement in Afghanistan. It maintains the Afghan National Police, Afghan Special Narcotics Force, Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan, and the Afghan Public Protection Force. It also supervises the General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Centers (GDPDC).