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Xinjiang State Security Department

新疆国家安全厅
Seal of the Ministry of State Security
Department overview
Formed	()
Jurisdiction	Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Employees	Classified
Annual budget	Classified
Department executive	Director
Parent ministry	Ministry of State Security

Xinjiang State Security Department (XSSD; Chinese: 新疆国家安全厅) is the regional affiliate of the Chinese Ministry of State Security responsible for national security and secret policing in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Western China. Responsible for controlling and mitigating the region's Uyghur Muslim ethnic minority, the department conducts operations in neighboring countries including India and Afghanistan. It also works closely with the regional party committee.

Activities

In December 2020, 10 MSS Operatives of Xinjiang State Security Department (XSSD) were arrested in Kabul, Afghanistan by the National Directorate of Security. During Questioning, one of operative told the interrogators that they were gathering information about al Qaeda, Taliban and Turkistan Islamic Party in Kunar and Badakhshan provinces, and wanted to trap and assassinate high-level members of Turkistan Islamic Party. At least two of the operatives were also in contact with the Haqqani network for this job. After days of negotiations between Afghanistan and China, all of them were pardoned and were flown out of the country in a plane arranged by the Chinese government.