...held in the Afghan city of Kandahar. Afghan media speculated the hijackers were dissidents who wanted the release of Ismail Khan, a former regional governor who has been held since 1997 by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement. Khan is a member...

...Last Friday, Mazar-e-Sharif became the first city to fall to the Northern Alliance. While opposition commander Ismail Khan was still making his way toward the western Afghan city of Herat on Monday, thousands of the city's residents already...

...missions under low cloud cover, but the worsening weather could hamper further action by the Apaches. Afghan commander Ismail Khan said a U.S. special operations unit moved into the battle area Wednesday. "There are 5,000 soldiers collecting...

...and no sustained fire from the al-Qaida holdouts for the past four days, Hilferty said. Afghan commander Mohammed Ismail Khan said the al-Qaida forces are weak but reaching them is a problem because land mines surround their positions. Forces...

The terrorist attack on Ismail Khan earlier this week underscores the...even worse security problems. Ismail Khan, formerly governor of Herat and...terrorist and criminal activities. Ismail Khan has the deserved reputation of...

...rejected 17 of the 24 cabinet nominees - confirming only those seen as competent technocrats. Among those rejected was Ismail Khan, a warlord who once ruled the western city of Herat, and three nominees of Gen. Abdurrashid Dostum, an Uzbek warlord...

...vehicles and weapons into Afghanistan to undermine the new interim government of Hamid Karzai. Iran is allied with warlord Ismail Khan, a longtime foe of the ethnic Pashtuns who rule Kandahar. Also, Agha denied claims that he has sent fighters toward...