Afghan Biographies

Nazak, Hamdullah Brig Gen


Name Nazak, Hamdullah Brig Gen
Ethnic backgr. Pashtun
Date of birth 1979
Function/Grade NDS Chief Helmand
History and Biodata

1. Former Helmand Provincial Heads of NDS:
Dad Mohammad Khan (Amir Dado), Alokozai Tribe, Wolesi Jirga Member of Counternarcotics Committee, powerful in Sangin District, Helmand Province, (2004), killed by road site bomb 20090319.
Gen Muhammad Naeem (20100425)
Col. Nazar Ali Wahidi Waheedy (20101209, 20120128-20150211)
Brig Gen Mohammad Amin Qazi (20150212)
Brig Gen Muhammad Naeem Momin (20140814)
Brig Gen Hamdullah Nazak (20140815)
Maj Gen Mohammad Yasin Khan (20171227)
Deputy head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Helmand:
Haji Mahmud Khan Mehmood Khan (20100427, 20111115)
Col. Abdul Karim (20130328)
Mohammad Asef Khan was injured and immediately shifted to hospital, but after two days being under medical treatment, he succumbed to his injuries.(20190325)

Background:
A newly constructed building for the National Directorate of Security (NDS) jail was inaugurated in southern Helmand province 20101208. The 36-room detention facility cost $647,000, provided by Britain, said the NDS chief for Helmand, Col. Nazar Ali Wahidi. The project that took one year to complete has the capacity to house 144 inmates. The previous building was too small to accommodate all the prisoners and hence the need for the new facility.

2. Previous Functions of Brig Gen Hamdullah Nazak:
Governor Dand District of Kandahar (20090101, 20110311, 20121010, resigned)
NDS Chief Zabul Province
NDS Chief Helmand Province (20140815)

 

3. Biodata:
Haji Hamdullah Nazak was born 1979 and is hailing from Helmand Province. Hamdullah Nazak, Dand's district governor and a key ally to Canada's counter-insurgency efforts. (20110310)

 

Last Modified 2019-03-25
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