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- Abdul_Rahim_Wardak abstract "General Abdul Rahim Wardak (About this sound pronunciation AHB-DUHL rah-HEEM wahr-DAHK (عبدالرحیم وردگ)) (born in 1945 in Wardak, Afghanistan), an ethnic Pashtun, was the Defense Minister of Afghanistan. He was appointed on December 23, 2004 by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Before this appointment, Wardak was the deputy Defense Minister to the former minister, Mohammed Fahim. During the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan, Wardak had been a national Mujahideen resistance leader who fought the Soviet forces. He is an ethnic Pashtun from the Wardak province. His diplomacy has been instrumental in promoting ethnic reconciliation due to his lineage from tribal chieftains with strong Pashtun relationships with all ethnic groups of the country. He is fluent in Pashto, Dari (Persian), and English.General Wardak has testified in front of the U.S. Congress, and his counsel is regularly sought, on how to stabilize the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. He met with Richard Holbrooke in 2009, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, to discuss security with NATO's defense ministers and NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe, U.S. General John Craddock. His on-the-ground knowledge of Afghanistan is widely respected. In 2009, General Wardak spoke at a Washington think tank, Center for a New American Security, where he said \"changing course, adopting a new strategy of containment or dropping the idea of a strong central government will be falling into the trap the enemy has laid, helping them to achieve their evil objectives.\" He signed an accord with NATO commanders for better cooperation and coordination in counter-terrorism operations. August 2012, Wardak resigned after receiving vote of no confidence from the Afghan Parliament. He was also a candidate of the 2014 presidential election.".
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- Abdul_Rahim_Wardak successor Bismillah_Khan_Mohammadi.
- Abdul_Rahim_Wardak termEnd "2012-08-07".
- Abdul_Rahim_Wardak termStart "2004-12-23".
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