Abdul Wahab Wardak | |
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 Abdul Wahab Wardak in 2011 | |
| Allegiance | Afghanistan |
| Service/ | Afghan Air Force |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held | Afghan Air Force |
Major General Abdul Wahab Wardak is from the Wardak Province of Afghanistan, and he is the Afghan Air Force Commander. [1] He once served as a MIG-21 fighter jet pilot for the Afghan communist regime's military in the 1980s. He is an ethnic Pashtun. [2]
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Wardak may refer to:
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On 21 January 2019, in central Afghanistan, the Taliban attacked a military compound in Maidan Shar, killing officers of the Afghan National Directorate of Security. The Taliban attacked while engaging in the process of negotiating a truce with the United States. The attack began when an explosives-laden car rammed through a military checkpoint and onto the grounds of the compound, where the vehicle detonated. After the explosion, two gunmen entered the base and opened fire on Afghan soldiers, before the two were shot down. A senior official in the Afghan defense ministry said that 126 people were killed in the explosion. The Taliban claimed responsibility and stated that over 190 people were killed in the attack. The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) reported that 36 military personnel were killed in the attack. Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack and said that the 'Afghan intelligence agency personnel were target of the attack'.
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