[1] An ethnic Pashtun, he spent some of the period of the Taliban's administration in the United States of America, and became an American citizen.
After serving as President of the Inspection Department in the Ministry of Interior, Wardak was appointed as Governor of Laghman on 17 June 1972.
[6] According to Guantanamo captive Hafizullah Shabaz Khail, in testimony before his Combatant Status Review Tribunal Taj Mohammed [sic] Wardak was the first governor Hamid Karzai appointed for the Province of Paktia.
He said Wardak was replaced as governor by Raz Mohammed Dalili when Hamid Karzai asked him to assume a position in Kabul.
[9] They quote unnamed Ministry officials, and sentry Mohammad Halim: Wardak was one of several cabinet ministers Karzai appointed to a high level commission to investigate the assassination of Abdul Qadir, Vice President, and also one of Karzai's leading rivals.