Ibrahim Spinzada

Who is Ibrahim Spinzada?

Engineer Ibrahim Spinzada is a citizen of Afghanistan who has been appointed to several important positions by Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

In 2004 the Los Angeles Times described Spinzada as Karzai's brother-in-law. The Congressional Research Service also called him "a Karzai brother-in-law", when it reported he was the first deputy adviser on Afghanistan's National Security Council in 2010.

In 2010 Spinzada was appointed interim director of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security.

In March 2012 he traveled to Guantanamo to negotiate with the five remaining Taliban leaders held there.

Al Jazeera described him as an associate of Mohammed Ali Salehi, an individual they reported facilitated the illegal transfer of funds from Afghanistan.