Ismail Khan was an officer in the
Afghanistan army when the
Soviets arrived in
1979. He fought against them for 10 years, becoming a
Mujahedin commander. Later he became governor of
Herat. Around
1997 he became a prisoner of the
Taliban after they captured Herat. In March
2000 he escaped and has since then been a low-profile member of the
Northern Alliance.
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