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Some time later, the Americans will build, once again, a police station and government center and help dozens of Afghan police officers and a subgovernor move in.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2011

Tribal elders, who were initially unwilling to work with U.S. or Afghan officials, began attending regular meetings with the Afghan district subgovernor.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2010

The district subgovernor in the valley had been a mujaheddin commander decades earlier and battled occupying Soviet forces in the same mountains.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2010

He persuaded the subgovernor, Ozer Turk, to start rebuilding the massive stone caravansary in the center of town.

From Time Magazine Archive

The subgovernor and the deputy governor were to be aided by a court of assistants, reduced to twenty-four in number, and by a select committee of five instead of the committee of seven as formerly.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various