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Abdul Rahim Wardak
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  • Abdul Rahim Wardak said foreigners account for up to 60% of the insurgents in Afghanistan
    Abdul Rahim Wardak said foreigners account for up to 60% of the ...
    Source: AFP
  • Abdul Rahim Wardak said foreigners account for up to 60% of the insurgents in Afghanistan
    Abdul Rahim Wardak said foreigners account for up to 60% of the ...
    Source: AFP
  • US Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry
    US Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry
    Source: AFP
  • US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates waits in an outside doorway to the Pentagon
    US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates waits in an outside doorway to ...
    Source: AFP
  • United Nations envoy Kai Eide (L) talks with Afghan Defence Minister General Abdul Rahim Wardak
    United Nations envoy Kai Eide (L) talks with Afghan Defence Minister ...
    Source: AFP
  • Eikenberry also expressed worries about the behavior of President Hamid Karzai
    Eikenberry also expressed worries about the behavior of President ...
    Source: AFP
Abdul Rahim Wardak said foreigners account for up to 60% of the ...
Abdul Rahim Wardak's Biography

Abdul Rahim Wardak (born: 1940 in Wardak, Afghanistan) is the current Defense Minister of Afghanistan, where he focuses on security sector reform, state building, and fighting terrorism and narcotics trafficking. He was appointed Defense Minister by President Hamid Karzai on December 23, 2004. Before this appointment General Wardak was the deputy Defense Minister to the former, Mohammad Qasim Fahim. In the past, General Wardak was a national Mujahideen resistance leader who fought the Soviet occupation in the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He is an ethnic Pashtun from the Wardak province. His diplomacy has been instrumental promoting ethnic reconciliation due to his lineage from tribal chieftains with strong Pashtun relationships with all ethnic groups of the country.

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  • News Source: Voice of America | 9 days ago
    Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg arrived in Kabul Thursday on a previously unannounced visit, during which he will also meet his Afghan counterpart Abdul Rahim Wardak. Germany has contributed more than 4,000 troops to Afghanistan, with most serving in the
  • News Source: Fox News | 11 days ago
    At the corner of two unpaved muddy roads in downtown Kabul, Abdul Rahim bakes traditional Afghan bread and complains that life in Afghanistan is becoming more difficult. "The government is no help...Most Afghans view the government, led by President
  • News Source: Washington Post | 18 days ago
    Five British soldiers were shot and killed in southern Afghanistan Tuesday afternoon in an attack apparently carried out by an Afghan police officer, British officials said. The shooting occurred in the Nad e-Ali district of Helmand province. The

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  • Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com | 9 days ago
    Abdul Rahim Wardak, Guttenberg said Germany was likely to extend the mandate of his country's contingent in Afghanistan. German missions run for between 12 and 18 months before coming up for renewed parliamentary approval, ...
  • Blog Source: kanan48.wordpress.com | 9 days ago
    What NCL Holdings is most notorious for in Kabul contracting circles, though, is the identity of its chief principal, Hamed Wardak. He is the young American son of Afghanistan's current defense minister, Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak, who was ...
  • Blog Source: dandelionsalad.wordpress.com | 9 days ago
    Once upon a time there was an Afghani general named Abdul Rahim Wardak. He had studied in both US and Egyptian military schools before joining the army in Afghanistan. In the 1980s, a few years after he joined the army, he decided to ...

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