Afghanistan minister of energy and water Ismail Khan

Ismail Khan gestures during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this Aug. 1, 2003, file photo. Demonstrators broke into a U.N. compound in the western city of Herat on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004, a day after the Afghan government fired Khan, the city's warlord governor. Hundreds of people angered by the ouster of Khan gathered outside the U.N. offices chanting slogans against U.S. troops and the Afghan government, witnesses said. As the crowd grew, they broke through the gate, throwing rocks at vehicles and setting one afire. The intrusion sent U.N. staff scuttling into their on-site bunker, U.N. spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva said. (AP Photo/ Amir Shah)