General Wardak has testified in front of the U.S. Congress, on how to stabilize the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. He met with Richard Holbrooke in 2009, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan,[2] to discuss security with NATO's defense ministers[3] and NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe, U.S. General John Craddock.[4] In 2009, General Wardak spoke at a Washington think tank, Center for a New American Security, where he said "changing course, adopting a new strategy of containment or dropping the idea of a strong central government will be falling into the trap the enemy has laid, helping them to achieve their evil objectives."[5] He signed an accord with NATO commanders for better cooperation and coordination in counter-terrorism operations.[6] August 2012, Wardak resigned after receiving vote of no confidence from the Afghan Parliament.[7][8] He was also a candidate of the 2014 presidential election.