Ismail Khan

Muhammad Ismail Khan born 1946 is an Afghan former military officer warlord and politician who served as Minister of Energy and Water from 2005 to 2013 and before that served as the governor of Herat Province Originally a captain in the Afghan Army he is widely known as a former warlord who controlled a large Afghan mujahideen force mainly his fellow Tajiks from western Afghanistan during the SovietAfghan War His reputation gained him the nickname Lion of Herat Ismail Khan was a key member of the now exiled political party Jamiate Islami and of the now defunct United National Front party In 2021 Ismail Khan returned to arms to help defend Herat from the Talibans offensive which he and the Afghan Army lost He was captured by the Taliban forces and then reportedly fled to Iran on 16 August 2021 Description above from the Wikipedia article Ismail Khan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia