Assadullah Amin ( Pashto اسدالله امین) was an Afghan politician and the nephew of Hafizullah Amin. He was the head of the Afghan intelligence agency KAM from September 1979 until December 1979, when his uncle was assassinated by the KGB.^[1] Assadullah Amin was executed by the Soviet backed Afghan Government of Babrak Karmal for his role in KAM a year later.^[2]

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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

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In 1977, Amin graduated from Kabul University. Following the Saur Revolution in 1978, Amin served as the Deputy Minister of Health and Secretary of the Kabul City Committee. In September 1979, Amin's uncle Hafizullah Amin had consolidated power to become the new leader of Afghanistan. Amin was appointed as the head of the National Security Committee more commonly known as KAM. Assadullah was present during a attempted assassination attempt on his uncle by the Soviet KGB. The Soviets had attempted to poison President Amin along with his guests. None of the guests died, however, as they had been drinking Coca-Cola which diluted the poison. Assadullah's condition was serious and he was sent to a hospital in Moscow. Following Operation Storm-333, Hafizullah Amin was killed by the Soviets. Assadullah Amin was extradited back to Afghanistan now under the rule of the Parchamite, Babrak Karmal. He was tortured to testify against his uncle, but he didn't do so. On June 9th, 1980 he was executed.^[3][2]

• Hafizullah Amin
• KhAD
• Khalq
• Mohammad Najibullah