| General Directorate of Intelligence | |
| Native Name: | Pushto; Pashto: د استخباراتو لوی ریاست ریاست عمومی استخبارات |
| Seal: | File: GDI Agency.png |
| Seal Size: | 150px |
| Logo Alt: | Flag of Afghanistan |
| Preceding1: | NDS (2002–2021) |
| Preceding2: | WAD (1987–1992) |
| Preceding3: | KhAD (1980–1987) |
| Preceding4: | KAM (1979–1979) |
| Preceding5: | AGSA (1978–1979) |
| Preceding6: | Istikhbarat (–1978) |
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| Headquarters: | Shahdarak, Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Motto: | "We Strike to Destroy" |
| Operations Jurisdiction: | Afghanistan |
| General Nature: | Secret police |
| Employees: | Classified |
| Budget: | Classified |
| Minister1 Name: | Mullah Yaqoob |
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| Deputyminister1 Name: | Abdul Qayyum Zakir |
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| Chief1 Name: | Abdul Haq Wasiq[1] |
| Chief1 Position: | (Director general) |
| Chief2 Name: | Rahmatullah Najib Taj Mir Jawad |
| Chief2 Position: | (Deputy directors) |
| Parent Agency: | Ministry of Defense |
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The General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI; Pushto; Pashto: د استخباراتو لوی ریاست; ریاست عمومی استخبارات) is the Afghan national intelligence and security agency under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has claimed that the GDI reports directly to him, according to a statement released by Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid in 2022 that purportedly quoted Akhundzada. Following the Fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021, the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) have become the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's intelligence agency under the Taliban.[2]
Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, six hundred ISIS members, four kidnappers, dozens of mafia and other criminals have been arrested by the GDI.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Despite Taliban pledges to be tolerant, the GDI announced on March 2, 2022, that Afghan media must show a "press-friendly" image of the Taliban while they pressure reporters on rules that should not contradict Islamic values.[7]
The GDI typically provides intelligence on both foreign and domestic issues to the current Afghan leader, Akhundzada.