Ashraf : Former minister of education of Afghanistan Gulmarjan : CAI Afghan student killed by a land mine in 2003 at the age of twelve Hoerni, Dr. Jean : Silicon transistor pioneer and cofounder of CAI with Greg Mortenson; passed away in 1997 Hosseini, Khaled : Physician, philanthropist, and best-selling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns Hussain, Aziza : First maternal health-care worker in Charpurson Valley, Pakistan Ibrahim, Haji Mohammed : Shura (elder) leader from Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan Karimi, Wakil : CAI manager for Afghanistan Karzai, Hamid : President of Afghanistan Khan, Abdul Rashid : Amir (leader) of the Kirghiz people in the Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan Khan, Sadhar : Tajik leader in Badakshan who was CAI's first supporter in the region Khan, Sarfraz : CAI's remote areas project manager; from Pakistan Khan, Shah Ismael : Pir (leader) of the Wakhi people in Afghanistan Khan, Wohid : Badakshan border security commander in Afghanistan Kolenda, Colonel Christopher : Former commander of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Naray and currently a key U.S.
