[6] Wardak Province was significant during the Civil War in Afghanistan, due to its proximity to Kabul and its agricultural lands.

[6] It remains a major Taliban travel route to Kabul with Maidan Shar a target for terror.

According to a report by Mohammad Osman Tariq Elias, both Logar and Wardak, by the end of 2008, were under de facto Taliban control.

"[7] In October 2017, US Forces from elements of the 1st Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment and 10th Special Operations Group launched an offensive to wrest the province from Taliban control.

On 21 January 2019, a Taliban attack on a military base and police training center in the province resulted in 125 NDS officers killed.

[8] Maidan Wardak province is located in the central and eastern region of Afghanistan; bordering Parwan to the northeast, Kabul and Logar to the east, Ghazni to the south and Bamyan to the west.

The rest of the province is thinly populated, with villages concentrated in areas with available irrigation and water sources (CSO and UNFPA, 2003).

Wardak is related to trade in agricultural and livestock products, although stone quarrying is also a growing business in the area.