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Taj Mohammad Wardak is an Afghan politician, from the
Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...
ethnic group. He spent some of the period of the
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's administration in the
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, and became an American citizen.


Early political career

In the mid-1960s Wardak held the position of Deputy Governor of
Badakhshan Province Badakhshan Province (Persian/ Uzbek: , ''Badaxšān'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower ...
Royal Audience
Kabul Times. vol. iv. no. 71. June 19, 1965 In the 1970s he served as Governor of Badakhshan Province and Governor of
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.


Governor of Paktia

Wardak was appointed
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of
Paktia province Paktia (Pashto/Dari: – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly 6 ...
in Afghanistan in the winter of 2002. He served for only a few months due to opposition from local warlord
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.


Minister of the Interior

According to
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Hafizullah Shabaz Khail, in testimony before his
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Taj Mohammed Wardak was the first governor
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appointed for the Province of
Paktia Paktia (Pashto/Dari: – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly 6 ...
.Summarized transcripts (.pdf)
, from Hafizullah Shabaz Khail's ''
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'' - pages 11-21 Khail said he was appointed the District Chief of
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because the new governor, Taj Mohammed, trusted him. He said Taj Mohammed Wardak was replaced, as governor, by Raz Mohammed Dalili when Hamid Karzai asked him to assume a position in
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. According to the ''
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'' the "relatively unknown" Wardak was appointed
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on Wednesday, June 19, 2002. According to ''
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'' Wardak's appointment raised controversy within the Ministry. They quote unnamed Ministry officials, and sentry Mohammad Halim: :''"The interior ministry is on high alert because the people say why Qanooni Saheb has been transferred. He should come back, It is a state of high alert and strike. We do not like Wardak, because we do not know him and we want the return of Qanooni.''" Wardak was one of several cabinet ministers Karzai appointed to a high level commission to investigate the assassination of
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, Vice President, and also one of Karzai's leading rivals. Qadir, like Wardak, was a Pashtun. Analysts said Karzai picked cabinet ministers from each of Afghanistan's ethnic groups, so each group would realize he was taking the investigation seriously. The commission included Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili,
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Director Mohammad Arif Sarwari, Rural Development Minister Mohammad Hanif Atma, and former Interim Irrigation Minister
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. Wardak and Karzai differed in their interpretation of the deaths of students shot during a demonstration. Karzai called the first student known to have died a "martyr". Wardak said that student was shot by other students. Wardak was replaced on January 28, 2003, by Ali Ahmad Jalali. An article published on the web-site of
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on June 23, 2004 described Wardak as a "presidential aide".


2004 elections

Wardak was one of the running mates for presidential candidate Mohammad Yunos Qanuni.


National Independence Party of Afghanistan

Taj Mohammad Wardak is listed as the head of the National Independence Party of Afghanistan on the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Justice web-page that lists the licensed political parties.


References

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