A hero of the anti-Soviet and anti-Taliban resistance, Tajik
ISMAIL KHAN
, loyal to the Jamiat party, is Afghanistan's most powerful warlord, commanding 15,000 men, the country's largest semiautonomous force.
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HERAT:
Ismail Khan
MAZAR-I-SHARIF:
Abdul Rashid Dostum & Ustad Atta Mohammed
KABUL:
Hamid Karzai, Burhanuddin Rabbani & Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
JALALABAD:
Haji Abdul Qadir
PAKTIKA:
Pacha khan Zadran
BAMIYAN:
Karim Khalili
KANDAHAR:
Gul Agha Sherzai
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A hero of the anti-Soviet and anti-Taliban resistance, Tajik ISMAIL KHAN, loyal to the Jamiat party, is Afghanistan's most powerful warlord, commanding 15,000 men, the country's largest semiautonomous force.
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