Assadullah Amin
Assadullah Amin | |
|---|---|
| Director of KAM | |
| In office September 1979 – December 1979 | |
| President | Hafizullah Amin |
| Preceded by | Assadullah Sarwari |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Najibullah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Died | June 9, 1980 Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
| Political party | PDPA - Khalq |
| Alma mater | Kabul University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
| Branch/service | KAM |
| Battles/wars | 1979 uprisings in Afghanistan |
Assadullah Amin (Pashto: اسدالله امین) was an Afghan politician and the nephew of Hafizullah Amin, who was an Afghan communist head of state for three months from September 1979 until his killing in late December that year.
Asadullah was the head of the Afghan intelligence agency KAM from September 1979 until December 1979, when his uncle was assassinated by the KGB. Assadullah Amin was executed by the Soviet-backed Afghan Government of Babrak Karmal for his role in KAM a year later.