General Abdul Rahim Wardak (/ˈɑːbˈdɑːl rɔːˈhiːm wɑːˈdɑːk/ ⓘ; Pashto/Dari: عبدالرحیم وردک; born 1945) is an Afghan politician and former Defense Minister of Afghanistan.

[4] 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.

"[10] Pir Sayyed Ahmad Gailani lead the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan party of which then Colonel Wardak was a member.

Wardak, as a notable Mujahideen commander, witnessed the "occupation and destruction of the key Resistance complexes at Zhawar in Paktia Province in Eastern Afghanistan by Soviet and DRA forces in the spring of 1986" and described the attacks as "the heaviest since the invasion.

In April 2005, just 3 years after the fall of the Taliban regime, the Afghan Minister of Defense, General Abdul Rahim Wardak addressed a group of listeners at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

"[13] On February 28, 2011, General Abdul Rahim Wardak was interviewed by Charlie Rose from 1 to 2 p.m. on a plethora of subjects regarding present and future problems affecting Afghanistan.

General Abdul Rahim Wardak has survived an assassination attack at the gate of Kabul International Airport in September 2005.

NCL Holdings reportedly "brought in more than $360 million in U.S. government contracts for protecting supply lines in Afghanistan.