"For the Pashto singer from Pakistan, see Ismail and Junaid.Mohammad Ismail Khan (Persian: \u0645\u062D\u0645\u062F \u0627\u0633\u0645\u0627\u0639\u06CC\u0644 \u062E\u0627\u0646) (born 1946) is a warlord and politician in Afghanistan, serving as Minister of Water and Energy since 2005. He was previously the Governor of Herat Province. He is widely known as a warlord because of his rise to power during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He controlled a large sized mujahideen force, mainly his fellow Tajiks from western Afghanistan."@en . . . . . "1946Z"^^ . . "Ismail Khan"@en . . "Afghan politician" . . . "Khan, Ismail"@en . . . . . . .