. "Wardak, Abdul Rahim"@en . . . . . . "1940Z"^^ . "Afghan general and politician" . . "Abdul Rahim Wardak"@en . . "Minister of Defence" . . . . "General Abdul Rahim Wardak (About this sound pronunction AHB-DUHL rah-HEEM wahr-DAHK (\u0639\u0628\u062F\u0627\u0644\u0631\u062D\u06CC\u0645 \u0648\u0631\u062F\u06AF)) (born in 1945 in Wardak, Afghanistan), an ethnic Pashtun, was the Defense Minister of Afghanistan. He was appointed on December 23, 2004 by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Before this appointment, Wardak was the deputy Defense Minister to the former minister, Mohammed Fahim."@en . . .