Career
He was once allied with Islamist warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, but in 2008 he was elected chairman of a moderate breakaway faction of Hekmatyar"s party. Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal earned a Bachelor in economics, before working at the planning ministry in 1977and then he went to United States of America When the civil war broke out he fled to Pakistan. He has served as Finance Minister in 1996.
Arghandiwal has also served as advisor to President Hamid Karzai over tribal affairs
On January 16, 2010, he was appointed as Minister of Economy by gaining vote of Confidence from the Afghan Parliament.