Abdul Jab(b)ar Taqwa (born 20 February 1949, in
Kabul
Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...
) served as governor of Parwan Province.
He was educated in Afghanistan before attending
University of Peshawar
The University of Peshawar ( ps, د پېښور پوهنتون; hnd, پشور یونیورسٹی; ur, ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a public research university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pa ...
in
Peshawar
Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
.
Taqwa was appointed as the governor of
Takhar Province
Takhar (Dari , Farsi/Pashto: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeast of the country next to Tajikistan. It is surrounded by Badakhshan in the east, Panjshir in the south, and Baghlan and Kunduz in the w ...
on March 16, 2010. He was wounded in the suicide bombing on May 28, 2011, that killed
Mohammed Daud Daud.
Three German soldiers die in Afghan attack
He belongs to Tajik people.
References
External links
* http://www.defenselink.mil/News/newsarticle.aspx?id=51067
1954 births
Living people
Governors of Takhar Province
Governors of Parwan Province
Afghan Tajik people
Afghan expatriates in Pakistan
University of Peshawar alumni
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