Abdul Jabbar Taqwa

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

Abdul Jabbar Taqwa
Acting Governor of Kabul
In office 9 August 2014 – 16 October 2015
Governor of Parwan
In office March 2004 – March 2009
Preceded by	Abdul Basir Salangi
Governor of Takhar
In office 18 March 2010 – 19 September 2012
Preceded by	Abdul Latif Ibrahimi
Succeeded by	Maj. Gen. Ahmad Faisal Begzad
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 70–71) Farkhar District, Takhar Province, Afghanistan

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.^[1] He was wounded in the suicide bombing on May 28, 2011, that killed Mohammed Daud Daud.^[2]

He belongs to Tajik people.