[4][2] Wardak resumed her full-time work as a doctor after her political career ended in 2010.
[6] During her time as an MP, Wardak was critical of Western military intervention in Afghanistan, and supported forming relationships with the Taliban to come to more lasting agreements and to prevent further conflict.
She also praised elements of the Taliban government in place during the late 1990s, including the level of security they brought to the country; she was more critical of the subsequent Taliban insurgency, which she likened to a group of criminals.
[7] Wardak continued working part-time as a doctor at a hospital in Saydabad during her tenure as an MP.
[8][9] Wardak initially praised the Taliban's return to power following the fall of Kabul in August 2021, considering the previous government led by Ashraf Ghani to have been corrupt.