Maidan Wardak or Wardak, also called Wardag is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central region of Afghanistan. It is divided into eight districts and has a population of approximately 500,000. The capital of the province is Maidan Shar, while the most populous district in the province is Saydabad District. Wardak is known for one of its famous high peak mountain known as.
A settlement in Maidan Wardak along the road between Kabul and Bamiyan
US Soldier in Wardak Province in 2011
The mountains around Wardak province, Afghanistan, are covered with snow after a two day snow storm, November 25, 2009
A school being renovated in the Jalrez district of Wardak province in 2009
The 2021 Taliban offensive was a military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and allied militants that led to the fall of the Kabul-based Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the end of the nearly 20-year War in Afghanistan that had begun following the United States invasion of the country. The Taliban victory had widespread domestic and international ramifications regarding human rights and proliferation of terrorism. The offensive included a continuation of the bottom-up succession of negotiated or paid surrenders to the Taliban from the village level upwards that started following the February 2020 US–Taliban deal.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in June 2021
US President Joe Biden in a video conference with Vice President Harris and the US National Security team, discussing the situation in Afghanistan on 14 August 2021
British soldiers deploying to Kabul to assist in the NATO withdrawal, 13 August 2021
US soldiers with Afghans evacuating Hamid Karzai International Airport on 21 August, after the Taliban captured Kabul.
