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Ismail Khan (b. 1946), an ethnic Tajik from Herat, Afghanistan, was a powerful Mujahedeen commander in the Soviet War in Afgh

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Fazaul-ur-Rehman, chief of pro-Taliban Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F) stands near ballot boxes after casting his vote at a polling station in Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But attacks that killed several people and wounded dozens more underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots.

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$Soldiers are seen at an isolated army checkpoint after it was attacked by militants at Lakki Marwat in the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan February 2, 2013. Militants attacked the checkpoint in Pakistan\'s restive northwest on Saturday, with at least 31 people killed in the initial assault, subsequent crossfire and a rocket attack on a house, officials said. The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in response to a U.S. drone strike in neighbouring North Waziristan last month in which two commanders were killed.$

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$Police officers stand around the bodies of a brother and a sister, who were killed during clashes between security forces and militants after an army checkpoint was attacked by militants, at a hospital in the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan February 2, 2013. Militants attacked the isolated army checkpoint in Pakistan\'s restive northwest on Saturday, with at least 31 people killed in the initial assault, subsequent crossfire and a rocket attack on a house, officials said. The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in response to a U.S. drone strike in neighbouring North Waziristan last month in which two commanders were killed.$

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$Policemen stand guard as they cordon the road leading to an isolated army checkpoint after it was attacked by militants at Lakki Marwat in the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan February 2, 2013. Militants attacked the checkpoint in Pakistan\'s restive northwest on Saturday, with at least 31 people killed in the initial assault, subsequent crossfire and a rocket attack on a house, officials said. The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in response to a U.S. drone strike in neighbouring North Waziristan last month in which two commanders were killed.$

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$A Pakistani doctor examines Mohammad Fareed, who was injured in a blast in Wana, at a local hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. A suicide bomber on Thursday attacked a prominent Pakistani militant commander in the country\'s northwest who is believed to have a nonaggression pact with the army, wounding him and killing many people, officials said.$

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Injured victims of a bomb blast are treated at a local hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. A bombing claimed by the Taliban killed several people at a Shiite religious process in northwestern Pakistan, police said.

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Fazaul-ur-Rehman, chief of pro-Taliban Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F) stands near ballot boxes after casting his vote at a polling station in Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But attacks that killed several people and wounded dozens more underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots.

Soldiers are seen at an isolated army checkpoint after it was attacked by militants at Lakki Marwat in the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan February 2, 2013. Militants attacked the checkpoint in Pakistan's restive northwest on Saturday, with at least 31 people killed in the initial assault, subsequent crossfire and a rocket attack on a house, officials said. The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in response to a U.S. drone strike in neighbouring North Waziristan last month in which two commanders were killed.

Police officers stand around the bodies of a brother and a sister, who were killed during clashes between security forces and militants after an army checkpoint was attacked by militants, at a hospital in the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan February 2, 2013. Militants attacked the isolated army checkpoint in Pakistan's restive northwest on Saturday, with at least 31 people killed in the initial assault, subsequent crossfire and a rocket attack on a house, officials said. The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in response to a U.S. drone strike in neighbouring North Waziristan last month in which two commanders were killed.

Policemen stand guard as they cordon the road leading to an isolated army checkpoint after it was attacked by militants at Lakki Marwat in the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan February 2, 2013. Militants attacked the checkpoint in Pakistan's restive northwest on Saturday, with at least 31 people killed in the initial assault, subsequent crossfire and a rocket attack on a house, officials said. The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in response to a U.S. drone strike in neighbouring North Waziristan last month in which two commanders were killed.

A Pakistani doctor examines Mohammad Fareed, who was injured in a blast in Wana, at a local hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. A suicide bomber on Thursday attacked a prominent Pakistani militant commander in the country's northwest who is believed to have a nonaggression pact with the army, wounding him and killing many people, officials said.

Injured victims of a bomb blast are treated at a local hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. A bombing claimed by the Taliban killed several people at a Shiite religious process in northwestern Pakistan, police said.

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