Mohammad Ismail Khan (Persian|Pashto: محمد اسماعیل خان) (born 1946) is a politician in Afghanistan, who served as Minister of Energy and Water from 2005 to 2013. He was previously the Governor of Herat Province. He is widely known as a warlord because of his rise to power during the Soviet–Afghan War when he controlled a large sized mujahideen force, mainly his fellow Tajiks from western Afghanistan. He is a key member of the political party Jamiat-e Islami and was a member of the now defunct United National Front party.
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1947 (age 78) Herat, Afghanistan
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