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Observer Research Foundation
April 27, 2018
In response to the recent suggestion by a former mujahideen leader and an Afghan provincial governor, Mohammad Ismail Khan, that if the Taliban was not interested in positively answering Ghani's peace offer, they could negotiate with former the Mujahideen groups, the Taliban spokesman ZabihullahÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
April 19, 2018
under leadership of Mohammad Ismail Khan into Herat province after years of fighting with the Soviet Red Army. The victory is celebrated every year by the people of Herat by holding ceremonies and firing into the air. Police spokesman, Abdul Ahad Walizada, said five individuals had been detained inÃâà...
Our own team of reporters, news agencies
April 15, 2018
Having served two back-to-back terms as SBP governor in Pervez Musharraf's dispensation, Dr Ishrat Hussain has had a long and distinguished stint in .... “There should be a $100 million grant to Gwadar, Khuzdar and all these districts including Qilla Saifullah, Zhob and Dera Ismail Khan, so that theirÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 4, 2018
... appointing junior officers to important posts and assigning teachers responsibilities as administrative heads of departments have been detected at Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan. The vice-chancellor has stopped an investigation committee, formed on the orders of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa governor,Ãâà...
Daily Times
March 22, 2018
The statement came after former governor Ismail Khan extended an offer to initiate peace talks. Khan, a former Jihadi leader, had earlier told the Taliban that if they were not willing to engage in peace talks with the Afghan government then they should broker “a deal with the great family of jihad” to resolveÃâà...
Arab News
March 22, 2018
The move came days after Mohammed Ismail Khan, a former anti-Taliban leader who served as governor of western Herat and later as a Cabinet minister, urged the group to initiate talks with former guerrilla factions after the militants failed to officially reject President Ashraf Ghani's peace overture lastÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 21, 2018
Khan, former governor of Heart province and ex-jihadi commander, said on March 15 if the Taliban did not want to positively answer the government's peace ... 'Now Ismail Khan has sought our response to peace negotiations with jihadi leaders, The Taliban welcome all efforts by Jihadi figures or others toÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 18, 2018
(MENAFN - Afghanistan Times) AT News Report-KABUL: Mohammad Ismail Khan, a former Jihadi leader and former Herat governor, on Thursday ... Speaking at a gathering in Herat, Ismail Khan said that if anti-government groups do not negotiate with the government, then they must start face to face talksÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 16, 2018
In another gathering in Herat province, former minister of water and energy Mohammad Ismail Khan asked government leaders to step down. “Our two brothers (President Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah) should come and do justice and step down and move towards a one year interim administration,”Ãâà...
TOLOnews
March 16, 2018
The former Jihadi leader said anti-government that do not want talks with government must hold negotiations with Mujahideen. Thumbnail. Mohammad Ismail Khan, a former Jihadi leader and former Herat governor, on Thursday invited anti-government armed groups to hold talks with Mujahideens.
TOLOnews
March 15, 2018
The former Jihadi leader said anti-government that do not want talks with government must hold negotiations with Mujahideen. Thumbnail. Mohammad Ismail Khan, a former Jihadi leader and former Herat governor, on Thursday invited anti-government armed groups to hold talks with Mujahideens.
MENAFN.COM
March 5, 2018
The committee, comprised 20 members from each tribe, was formed at a jirga held here in Dera Ismail Khan where a large number of tribesmen from both ... "The committee would hold meetings with prime minister, governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and military leadership and appeal them for solution of theÃâà...
WPXI Pittsburgh
March 2, 2018
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Two missiles fired from a U.S. drone hit a militant facility in neighboring Afghanistan, killing 21 insurgents, including the son of ..... House Bill 1510 passed the Mississippi Senate on Tuesday and is one House vote away from the desk of a governor who is eager to sign it.
DAWN.com
February 27, 2018
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Tuesday sought comments from the president's principal secretary, State and Frontier Region secretary and other respondents on a petition seeking orders for declaring the Federally Administered Tribal Areas a province instead of merging it with KhyberÃâà...
The News International (blog)
February 26, 2018
PESHAWAR: A petition was moved on Monday at the Peshawar High Court seeking separate province status for Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) instead of merger with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The petition was filed by regional President of Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party for Fata, DaulatÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
February 11, 2018
Culprits in the high-profile cases that recently took place in Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat and Karachi were still free, Sherpao said while speaking on the 43rd death anniversary of former governor Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao. Restrictions on the homeless tribal people in and maltreatment of Pakhuns wereÃâà...
Daily Pioneer
February 9, 2018
They may just prefer their “warlords” such as Ismail Khan, who prospered Herat, and Atta, who has done an incredible job in Balkh, the most developed prosperous and safe province in Afghanistan, over rented rulers drunk with power and American people's money. The Afghan people are tired andÃâà...
TOLOnews
December 24, 2017
Mohammad Ismail Khan, a former Jihadi leader and a member of the leadership team of the Jamiat-e-Islami party, on Sunday said at a press conference in Herat that he supported Atta Mohammad Noor's defiance regarding the Presidential Palace's decision to replace him and insisted that Noor should stay on as BalkhÃâà...
TOLOnews
December 24, 2017
Mohammad Ismail Khan, a former Jihadi leader and a member of the leadership team of the Jamiat-e-Islami party, on Sunday said at a press conference in Herat that he supported Atta Mohammad Noor's defiance regarding the Presidential Palace's decision to replace him and insisted that Noor should stay on as BalkhÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 19, 2017
Those include former Jamiat-e Islami militia commanders or their close associates, such as former Defense Minister Mohammad Qasim Fahim, who died in 2014; former Herat Province Governor Mohammad Ismail Khan; former Vice President Yunus Qanuni; former Vice President Ahmad Zia Masud, theÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
November 4, 2017
HERAT, Afghanistan -- Ismail Khan stares into a gold-framed mirror, fidgeting for a long time with the checkered keffiyeh tied around his head. ... Under former President Hamid Karzai he was minister of electricity and water and governor of Herat Province, titles that fail to adequately capture the power thatÃâà...
The Nation
December 31, 1999
The JPSM asserted that the mahaaz is ready to hold talks with Saraiki parties, especially the residents of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank. "But this is the time to ... He further pointed out that the Governor also got issued notification for a secretariat in Multan but it could not be materialised too. He said that it wasÃâà...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
In another gathering in Herat province, former minister of water and energy Mohammad Ismail Khan asked government leaders to step down. “Our two brothers (President Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah) should come and do justice and step down and move towards a one year interim administration,”Ãâà...
Daily Times
December 31, 1999
A major insurgency in Herat, led by Ismail Khan, was assisted by Afghani expatriates operating out of Pakistan and by Pakistani volunteers. Thus were born the Mujahideen. Here, the unconstitutional regime of the usurper Ziaul Haq exploited a self-proclaimed 'Islamisation' project as a pretext for clinging toÃâà...
