Afghan Biographies

Afghan President Protective Service PPS


Name Afghan President Protective Service PPS
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Head  President Protective Service PPS Head security guards of the presidential palace:
Rahmatullah Nabil (2004-2010)
Akhtar Ibrahimi  (20180423, 20180909)
Qahar Kochai (20211215)
Deputy head of Afghan President Protective Service (PPS):
Gen Mohammad Zaman Ahmadzai, killed in bombings in Kabul 5 Sep 2016.

 

Background:
Rahmatullah Nabil had worked closely with Mr. Karzai for six years (2004-2010) as the head of the President Protective Service PPS. He provided security when President Karzai traveled, and he is trusted by the president. He later (2011) became Head of NDS.

Eight PPS security guards convoy were injured on their way to Orgun district, when they came under rebel attack in the Zurmat district of southeastern Paktia province on Thursday Jul 17, 2014. The incident took place in the Haibat Khel area of Zurmat, as the convoy moved to Orgun district ahead of President Karzai’s visit. The security convoy came under Taliban’s ambush after losing its way. The attack by Taliban militants was pushed back after additional forces were deployed to assist the presidential palace security forces. This comes as earlier reports suggested that nine of the security guards were abducted by Taliban militants during the gun battle.(20140718) Two days after they went missing, Afghan security forces discovered the corpses of nine President’s Protective Service (PPS) personnel in Sag village of Zurmat district in Paktika province on Friday, Jul 18, 2014. The missing personnel were captured by armed opposition groups and later beheaded. This most recent damaging experience of PPS till now raises questions of its capability. (20140718)
 

More Background:
The State Department’s Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account supports a program for the training and equipping of the Afghan Presidential protection service, which protects the Afghan leadership and diplomats.(20100812)

From February 2005April 2006 (1 year 3 months) a seven man team of the Department of State’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program (AAP), trained 340 Presidential Protective Service agents conducting all aspects of security and close protection for the President of Afghanistan.

Afghan Airmen, operating an Afghan Mi-17 helicopter in black-out conditions, flew their aircraft to and from an austere, unlit landing zone in a training mission 22 August 2011. This training mission was practice for the Afghan Air Force’s real-world mission to airlift the Afghan Presidential Protective Service anywhere in Afghanistan to include a new requirement for both day and night operations. This new capability will allow the AAF's Presidential Airlift Squadron to use the cover of darkness to help conceal Presidential movements.(20110822)

At least two of Sardar Mohammad’s (who killed Ahmad Wali Karzai) family members were in the Presidential Protection Service, a unit which protects President Karzai.(20110712) One was Mohebullah Ahmadi, who was from Kazai's home village of Karz in southern Kandahar province.

The third and final class of 53 Afghan Presidential protective agents graduated on July 3, 2003.  Since November 2002, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program (DS/ATA) has recruited, screened, trained, and graduated a total of 175 Afghan agents into the Presidential Protective Service. These agents will eventually assume security for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is currently receiving protection from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. DS/ATA personnel selected recruits from a pool of 500 candidates drawn from all parts of Afghanistan and include members of the country’s five main ethnic groups.The seven-week training course began on May 14, 2003. The training curriculum included standard protection techniques, such as driving, firearms use, mass casualty/senior first aid, personal protection, and rudimentary explosives recognition, but was adapted to unique conditions in Afghanistan. For example, land mine avoidance was stressed because Afghanistanis strewn with the deadly devices.The Afghan agents will be supplied with appropriate protective security equipment, including firearms, as well as blue and gray business suits.(20030703)
 

 

Members of the Presidential Protective Service's Residence Watch Unit
1. Name: Abdullah Jaan Jehad Father's Name: Haji Ali Jaan DOB: 1967 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 2. Name: Jaan Agha Shahwali kot Father's Name: Abdul Mohammad DOB: 1982 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 3. Name: Dadullah Sohail Father's Name: Abdul Hakeem Khan DOB: 1979 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 4. Name: Saifullah Zakeri Father's Name: Haji Faizullah DOB: 1982 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 5. Name: Sharaf-u-din Enjelayee Father's Name: Abdul Bari DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 6. Name: Daro Khan Zakerwal Father's Name: Dost Mohammad DOB: 1973 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 7. Name: Abdul Jalil Logari Father's Name: Abdul Ahmad DOB: 1973 POB: Logar Ethnicity: Pushtun 8. Name: Abdulwali Father's Name: Hayat Khan DOB: 1979 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 9. Name: Mohammad Qasim Haider Father's Name: Mohammad Ibrahim DOB: 1988 POB: Logqar Ethnicity: Pushtun 10. Name: Rahmatullah Osmani Father's Name: Mohammad Osman DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 11. Name: Lal Mohammad Naikmal Father's Name: Abdul Rasheed DOB: 1975 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 12. Name: Abdul Nadir Nanai Father's Name: Abdul Qadir DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 13. Name: Javed Wafa Father's Name: Sharaf-u-din DOB: 1985 POB: Urozgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 14. Name: Noor Ahmad Zarasawand Father's Name: Agha Mohammad DOB: 1980 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 15. Name: Hazratullah Zakeri Father's Name: Bismillah DOB: 1986 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 16. Name: Aminullah Nizami Father's Name: Gul Mohammad DOB: 1988 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 17. Name: Ahmad Ahmadi Father's Name: Taj Mohammad DOB: 1976 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 18. Name: Shir Ali Popal Father's Name: Sultan Ali DOB: 1979 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 19. Name: Noor Agha Father's Name: Omar Jaan DOB: 1983 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 20. Name: Abdul Kabir Kefayat Father's Name: Mohammad Yaqoob DOB: 1980 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 21. Name: Khalil ul Rahman Rahmani Father's Name: Ghulam Mohammad DOB: 1976 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 22. Name: Zainullah Zaki Father's Name: Ali Mohammad DOB: 1988 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 23. Name: Nisar Ahmad Naseer Father's Name: Ali Mohammad Khan DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 24. Name: Wajdullah Zakeri Father's Name: Lutfullah DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 25. Name: Muhaibullah Karzai Father's Name: Ali Jaan DOB: 1984 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 26. Name: Naqeeb Shah Ferozayee Father's Name: Mahboob Shah DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 27. Name: Nazar Mohammad Rohani Father's Name: Ghulam Mohammad DOB: 1980 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 28. Name: Mohammad Tahir Ayubi Father's Name: Mohammad Hashim DOB: 1982 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 29. Name: Amanullah Yarbash Father's Name: Shair Ali DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 30. Name: Raz Mohammad Barak Father's Name: Issa Mohammad DOB: 1976 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 31. Name: Amir Mohammad Khakrezwal Father's Name: Abdul Razaq DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 32. Name: Abdul Qahir Aqha Father's Name: Abdul Nazar Agha DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 33. Name: Babi Armani Father's Name: Amin Jaan DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 34. Name: Nematullah Khan Father's Name: Nasrullah DOB: 1984 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 35. Name: Shamsullah Shamsi Father's Name: Nyamatullah DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 36. Name: Mohammad Yaqoob Qaderi Father's Name: Mohammad Qasim DOB: 1987 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 37. Name: Mohammad Mirwise Mohabati Father's Name: Mohammad Deen DOB: 1983 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 38. Name: Sayed Ahmad Sharaf Father's Name: Sharaf-u-din DOB: 1974 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 39. Name: Nyamatullah Jahani Father's Name: Obaidullah DOB: 1976 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 40. Name: Dur Mohammad Jahadi Father's Name: Amir Mohammad DOB: 1976 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 41. Name: Salih Mohammad Haqal Father's Name: Sardar Mohammad DOB: 1988 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 42. Name: Najeebullah Khaksar Father's Name: Atiqullah DOB: 1987 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 43. Name: Farhad Afghan Father's Name: Agha Mohammad DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 44. Name: Azizullah Popal Father's Name: Habibullah DOB: 1983 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 45. Name: Abdul Wali Afghan Father's Name: Hayat Khan DOB: 1975 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 46. Name: Mohammad Azim Azimi Father's Name: Shair Mohammad DOB: 1983 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 47. Name: Salih Mohammad Salihi Father's Name: Gul Mohammad DOB: 1984 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 48. Name: Ihsanullah Osmani Father's Name: Mohammad Osman DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 49. Name: Nooruddin Kulcha-abadi Father's Name: Sharfudeen DOB: 1982 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 50. Name: Nasrudeen Watandost Father's Name: Ghulam Muhiudeen DOB: 1985 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 51. Name: Ahmad Wali Khoshbeen Father's Name: Abdul Salaam DOB: 1985 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 52. Name: Gul Mohammad Mohammadi Father's Name: Ghulam Mohammad DOB: 1977 POB: Logar Ethnicity: Pushtun 53. Name: Abdullah Masoud Father's Name: Nadir Khan DOB: 1975 POB: Logar Ethnicity: Pushtun 54. Name: Ameer Mohammad Haqmal Father's Name: Haji Raaz Mohammad DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 55. Name: Rozi Mohammad Father's Name: Ameer Mohammad DOB: 1977 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 56. Name: Ahmad Popal Father's Name: Abdul Wali DOB: 1977 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 57. Name: Ziaulhaq Father's Name: Shair Mohammad DOB: 1987 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 58. Name: Sadozai Matkhail Father's Name: Shair Mohammad DOB: 1977 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 59. Name: Saifullah Popal Father's Name: Habibullah DOB: 1972 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 60. Name: Aziz-ur-Rahman Jenabi Father's Name: Abdul Rahman DOB: 1977 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 61. Name: Abdul Qadir Qaderi Father's Name: Mohammad Nayeem DOB: 1980 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 62. Name: Nadir Shah Maroofi Father's Name: Mohammad sayed DOB: 1982 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 63. Name: Sayed Ahmad Popal Father's Name: Abdul Raziq DOB: 1977 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 64. Name: Hayatullah Hayatmal Father's Name: Bahaudin DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 65. Name: Bismillah Popal Father's Name: Abdullah Jaan DOB: 1985 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 66. Name: Mohammad Ishaq Shorandami Father's Name: Mohammad Qasim DOB: 1984 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 67. Name: Mohammad Kabeer Watandost Father's Name: Abdul Mohammad DOB: 1988 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 68. Name: Asadullah Sayar Father's Name: Sadat DOB: 1985 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 69. Name: Sidiqullah Uruzgani Father's Name: Ranqeen Lala DOB: 1979 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 70. Name: Ataullah Watandost Father's Name: Amanullah DOB: 1984 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 71. Name: Sardar Mohammad Zarifi Father's Name: Mohammad Gul DOB: 1977 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 72. Name: Dil Agha Sulaimankhail Father's Name: Ghulam rabani DOB: 1977 POB: Logar Ethnicity: Pushtun 73. Name: Jaan Aqha Arsalan Father's Name: Mohammad Kabeer DOB: 1984 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 74. Name: Sayed Mohammad Khaksar Father's Name: Fazal Mohammad DOB: 1987 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 75. Name: Sayed Mohammad Wafa Father's Name: Jaan Mohammad DOB: 1977 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 76. Name: Rafiullah Raufi Father's Name: Ali Mohammad DOB: 1982 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 77. Name: Saifudin Mohammadi Father's Name: Haji Shawali DOB: 1977 POB: Logar Ethnicity: Pushtun 78. Name: Mohammad Masoom Toofan Father's Name: Haji Abdul Manan DOB: 1973 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 79. Name: Rahmatullah Boldaki Father's Name: Habibullah DOB: 1982 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 80. Name: Shah Mahmood Zarghoon Father's Name: Abdullah Jaan DOB: 1985 POB: Logar Ethnicity: Pushtun 81. Name: Sher Mohammad Popal Father's Name: Mohammad Khan DOB: 1983 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 82. Name: Mohammad Nayeem Ehsas Father's Name: Haji Payo Aka DOB: 1988 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 83. Name: Abdul Satar Khoshabi Father's Name: Akhtar Mohammad DOB: 1977 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 84. Name: Ahmad Khan Naderi Father's Name: Shah Wali Khan DOB: 1983 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 85. Name: Azizullah Karzai Father's Name: Allah Dad DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 86. Name: Zabiullah Zaheri Father's Name: Hameedullah DOB: 1984 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 87. Name: Shah Wali Uruzgani Father's Name: Toti DOB: 1981 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 88. Name: Matiullah Kunari Father's Name: Mohammad jaan DOB: 1974 POB: Konar Ethnicity: Pushtun 89. Name: Noor Ahmad Darwaish Father's Name: Hajj Ali Mohammad DOB: 1985 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 90. Name: Fazal Bari Jahani Father's Name: Malik Sharfudin DOB: 1983 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 91. Name: Ghulam Sakhi Wafadar Father's Name: Lal Mohammad DOB: 1982 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 92. Name: Sidiqullah Khaksar Father's Name: Nyamatullah DOB: 1979 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 93. Name: Mohammad Rahim Afghan Father's Name: Abdul jabbar DOB: 1984 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 94. Name: Mohammad Yousuf Pardis Father's Name: Mohammad Rafiq DOB: 1977 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 95. Name: Mirwise Maroofi Father's Name: Ghulam Haider DOB: 1980 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 96. Name: Shamsullah Armani Father's Name: Sayed Rasool DOB: 1984 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 97. Name: Noor Agha Ghairat Father's Name: Akhtar Mohammad DOB: 1971 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 98. Name: Hayatullah Zaheer Father's Name: Aminullah DOB: 1982 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 99. Name: Abdul Rahim Rahimi Father's Name: Abdul Ghafar DOB: 1977 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 100. Name: Sardar Mohammad Popal Father's Name: Abdullah Jaan DOB: 1981 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 101. Name: Asadullah Wafadar Father's Name: Sayed Rasool DOB: 1977 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 102. Name: Shah Mahmood Popal Father's Name: Mohammad Hasan DOB: 1985 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 103. Name: Rahmatullah Zakeri Father's Name: Abdullah DOB: 1982 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 104. Name: Noor Mohammad Waziri Father's Name: Mohammad Aslam DOB: 1972 POB: Shakardarah Ethnicity: Pushtun 105. Name: Fazal Ahmad Father's Name: Mohammad Hassan DOB: 1971 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 106. Name: Dil Agha Darwaish Father's Name: Mohammad Kabeer DOB: 1985 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 107. Name: Sher Mohammad Neshwal Father's Name: Bismillah DOB: 1982 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 108. Name: Noor Ahmad Mohammadi Father's Name: Meer Ahmad DOB: 1970 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 109. Name: Ameer Mohammad Mashrowal Father's Name: Raz Mohammad DOB: 1969 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 110. Name: Ameer Mohammad Gharibzada Father's Name: Abdul wahid DOB: 1972 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 111. Name: Gul Ahmad Popal Father's Name: mohammad Alim DOB: 1982 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 112. Name: Gul Ahmad Gulabi Father's Name: Meer Ahmad DOB: 1981 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 113. Name: Ashiqullah Popal Father's Name: Ali Mohammad DOB: 1988 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 114. Name: Qudratullah Salarzai Father's Name: Mohammad Jaan DOB: 1983 POB: Kunar Ethnicity: Pushtun 115. Name: Mohammad Qasim Logari Father's Name: Padshah Meer DOB: 1973 POB: Logar Ethnicity: Pushtun 116. Name: Janan Popal Father's Name: Mohammad khan DOB: 1972 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 117. Name: Musa Khan Semeimzai Father's Name: Noor Mohammad DOB: 1977 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 118. Name: sardar Wali Sabzikari Father's Name: Abdul Khaliq DOB: 1977 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 119. Name: Mohammad Dauood Semeinzai Father's Name: Noor Mohammad DOB: 1985 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 120. Name: Taj Mohammad Taj Father's Name: Abdul Mohammad DOB: 1970 POB: Kabul Ethnicity: Pushtun 121. Name: Nadir Khan Kunari Father's Name: Musa Khan DOB: 1975 POB: Kunar Ethnicity: Pushtun 122. Name: Hidayatullah Jan Father's Name: Mohammad Anwar DOB: 1977 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 123. Name: Faiz-ur-Rahman Rahmani Father's Name: Abdul Rahman DOB: 1973 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 124. Name: Noorulhaq Pardis Father's Name: AbdulHaq DOB: 1975 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 125. Name: Mohammad Bayan Father's Name: Mohammad Akram DOB: 1971 POB: Badakhshan Ethnicity: Pushtun 126. Name: Sher Ahmad Karzai Father's Name: Deen Mohammad DOB: 1977 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 127. Name: Hikmatullah Afghan Father's Name: Mohammad Ghaous DOB: 1982 POB: Kandahar Ethnicity: Pushtun 128. Name: Sher Agha Uruzgani Father's Name: Sayed Rasool DOB: 1985 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 129. Name: Nyamatullah Ghamzada Father's Name: Khodai Nazar DOB: 1971 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun 130. Name: Abdul Samad Sulaimankhail Father's Name: Ghulam rabani DOB: 1969 POB: Uruzgan Ethnicity: Pushtun

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