Said Fazal Akbar was the first Governor of Kunar province in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. He was an ex- Mujahideen who was running a clothing store in Oakland,

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when he was appointed Governor by President

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. His governorship is chronicled in the book by his son, Hyder Akbar, "Come Back to Afghanistan, A California Teenager's Story"

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Governors of Kunar Province Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{afghanistan-bio-stub