Obaidullah
was elected to represent Kandahar Province

Kandahar Province

Kandahar or Qandahar is one of the largest of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in southern Afghanistan, between Helmand, Oruzgan and Zabul provinces. Its capital is the city of Kandahar, which is located on the Arghandab River. The province has a population of nearly...

 in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005.
A report on Kandahar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School
stated he was a high school graduate,
that he served on the Economic committee, and that there was a controversy in his election.

One of the two vice-presidential running mates of Abdul Majid Samim

Abdul Majid Samim

Abdul Majid Samim is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.He dropped out of the race on August 3, 2009, approximately two weeks before the election date....

, during Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential election, was named Obaidullah.