Ismail Khan, Herat, and Iranian Influence by Thomas H. Johnson, Strategic Insights, Volume III, Issue 7 (July 2004)[1]Archivado el 19 de julio de 2013 en Wayback Machine.
Carlotta Gall, Andy Worthington (5 de febrero de 2008). «Time Runs Out for an Afghan Held by the U.S.». Consultado el 5 de febrero de 2008. «Abdul Razzaq Hekmati was regarded here as a war hero, famous for his resistance to the Russian occupation in the 1980s and later for a daring prison break he organized for three opponents of the Taliban government in 1999.»
Ismail Khan, Herat, and Iranian Influence by Thomas H. Johnson, Strategic Insights, Volume III, Issue 7 (July 2004)[1]Archivado el 19 de julio de 2013 en Wayback Machine.
