Assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud
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Assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud
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On 9 September 2001, Ahmad Shah Massoud was assassinated by two al-Qaeda operatives posing as journalists in Khwaja Bahauddin District, Takhar Province, Afghanistan. Massoud, a pivotal guerilla fighter nicknamed The Lion of Panjshir, had led insurgent forces against the governments of Daoud Khan, communist government under the People Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), invading Soviet forces, and the 1990s Taliban de-facto regime. At the time of his assassination, Massoud commanded the force
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2001 murder in Takhar, Afghanistan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ahmad_Shah_Massoud
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2024-04-21T22:41:39Z
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2024-08-29T06:49:04Z
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