Abdul Jabbar Taqwa


Abdul Jabar Taqwa is a former governor of Parwan Province.

Life and career

Taqwa was born on 20 February 1949 in Kabul, and was educated in Afghanistan before attending University of Peshawar in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Taqwa was appointed as the governor of Takhar Province on March 16, 2010. He was wounded in the suicide bombing on May 28, 2011, that killed Mohammed Daud Daud.
He belongs to Tajik people.