Mohammad Akram Khpalwak was appointed Governor
of Paktika Province

Paktika Province

Paktika is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the south-east of the country. Most of the population is Pashtun. Its capital is Sharan.-Political and military situation:...

 on March 15, 2006.
He attended the Kabul University Medical School.
He is a leader of the Afghanistan Youth Society.
He was appointed a representative of the Loya Jirga

Loya jirga

A loya jirga is a type of jirga regarded as "grand assembly," a phrase in the Pashto language meaning "grand council." A loya jirga is a mass meeting usually prepared for major events such as choosing a new king, adopting a constitution, or discussing important national political or emergency...

, the appointed body that drafted the new constitution prior to the first elections to the new Wolesi Jirga.
He ran for a seat in the Wolesi Jirga, but earned only a small fraction of the popular vote.