Said Fazal Akbar Explained

Said Fazal Akbar was the first Governor of Kunar province[1] 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"[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104164216/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/340152361.html?dids=340152361:340152361&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+26,+2003&author=Items+compiled+from+Tribune+news+services&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Taliban+official+found+dead+after+raid+by+U.S.+troops&pqatl=google
  2. Book: 1582345201. Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story. Akbar. Said Hyder. Burton. Susan. 10 November 2005.