Said Fazal Akbar
First Governor of Kunar province
About Said Fazal Akbar
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, California when he was appointed Governor by President Hamid Karzai. 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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First Governor of Kunar province
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