Abdul Jabbar Taqwa

Abdul Jab(b)ar Taqwa (born 20 February 1949, in Kabul) served as governor of Parwan Province.

He 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.