His father and grandfather were followers of
Pir Ahmed Gailani. His father introduced him to Ahmed Gailani and Amin joined Gailani's
Mahaz-e Melli. A particularly active commander, he attacked
Soviet and government targets as far as
Ghazni and
Kabul, far from the traditional territory of his clan. This caused tensions with the traditional leaders of other clans of the
Wardak tribe. These other clans appealed to Pir Gailani to intervene on their behalf. The Pir pressed Amin Wardak to stop his long-range operations and diminished his weapons deliveries. As a result, Amin switched to
Hezb-e Islami Khalis in 1987, or early 1988, as Khalis was more willing to supply him with weapons. Amin Wardak explains that his switch to Khalis' faction did not bring any improvement in weapon supplies. To him, these factions or political groups were simply basic logisticians for real field operationals. He blames them for not having been sufficiently focused on the war against the
Soviets and the needs of the populations, instead, they were more worried about their own power gaining and their political aims. In respect to himself, Amin Wardak writes that almost all of its weaponry stock was taken from the enemy during combat. He admits that he received very little support from Afghan political parties, but he could bear it because he had developed a strong position within his people and good links with western humanitarians. Besides, as a
Pashtun leader, Amin Wardak always kept reliable and durable relations with minority ethnic communities within the country. ==Links with the West==