| Abdullah Laghmani | |
| Office: | Deputy Director of the National Directorate of Security |
| Term Start: | Unknown |
| Term End: | 2 September 2009 |
| President: | Hamid Karzai |
| Birth Date: | ~1960s |
| Death Date: | 2 September 2009 |
| Death Place: | Mihtarlam, Laghman Province, Afghanistan |
Abdullah Laghmani (1960s[1] –2 September 2009) was Deputy Chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Afghanistan, and a prominent ally of President Hamid Karzai. He first served as an intelligence officer for the Northern Alliance during Taliban rule.[2] After the formation of Karzai administration in late 2001, Laghmani served as the intelligence chief of Kandahar province[3] before moving up as deputy chief. Laghmani was killed in a Taliban suicide bomb attack in Mehtar Lam, Laghman Province.
An ethnic Tajik,[4] he was particularly knowledgeable about the Taliban and the movement's mentors in Pakistan. He and his agents helped determine a possible link between the bombers who attacked the Indian Embassy in Kabul in July 2008 and the Pakistani intelligence service (ISI) in Peshawar.