Khoshal Sadat

Khoshal Sadat is an Afghan military officer who previously served as Deputy Interior Minister for Security.

Early life Sadat grew up in Kabul. His father, a pilot for the Afghan government, died in a plane crash in 1988 when Sadat was four years old, during the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan. He was raised with his brother and four sisters by his mother. The family remained in Kabul during the post-occupation war from 1991 to 1996, before the arrival of the Taliban. Although the group was initially welcomed in the hope of stability, Sadat soon disliked the treatment of women and strict religious rules of Taliban-controlled Kabul, especially the banning music and movies.