Hakim Taniwal
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Hakim Taniwal was the Governor of Paktia province in Afghanistan until he was killed September 10, 2006, at age 63, by a suicide bomber with explosives strapped to his body; "when the bomber threw himself under the governor's vehicle and detonated the explosives as Taniwal was approaching his office in the provincial capital, Gardez".[1]
Taniwal was an Afghan exile teaching Sociology in Australia before returning to Afghanistan to take the governorship. Lacking the military background, and the associated questionable human rights record, of so many of the country's past and present politicians, Taniwal was considered an effective and honest administrator before his death.
| Preceded by Assadullah Wafa |
Governor of Paktia Province, Afghanistan 2005–2006 |
Succeeded by Rahmatullah Rahmat |
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources and notes
- ^ indystar.com sidebar Suicide bomber kills Afghan governor
[edit] Further reading
- abc.net.au article Assassination could destabilise east Afghanistan published September 11, 2006 "Governor Taniwal is the highest-ranking Afghan official to be killed since the Taliban insurgency began."
