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Ahmad Shah Massoud Blogs

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Ahmad Shah Massoud (Persian: احمد شاه مسعود‎ Aḥmad Šāh Mas'ūd; September 2, 1953 – September 9, 2001) was a political and military leader in Afghanistan. He was a central figure, known...

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  • Lessons of history unlearned in Afghanistan - This Ain't ...

    Blog Source: thisainthell.us | 22 days ago
    Mohammad Hamimi joined the fight against the Soviets in his 20s and rose to become a commander under famed Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, who later battled the Taliban in northern Afghanistan. Hamimi later became ...
  • Adventures in Onionism: Book Review: The Looming Tower

    Blog Source: garrettheonion.blogspot.com | 22 days ago
    Wright makes the Taliban-al Qaeda relationship sound like it culminated in a quid pro quo: al Qaeda takes out Ahmad Shah Massoud so that the Taliban can rule the whole country, and Osama is then free to pull off his big attack. Call this ...
  • Why Obama doesn't want to intervene in Syria | Informed ...

    Blog Source: www.juancole.com | 22 days ago
    ... no Taliban, no burgeoning of Afghan agriculture as the world's largest opium producer, no 9/9/2001 assassination of the charismatic Ahmad Shah Massoud – just ongoing civil war that would have likely prevented any one faction from taking ...
  • A Shot in the Dark and a Swift Retreat: 'Invisible Armies' | ...

    Blog Source: www.popmatters.com | 2 months ago
    Boot illustrates how famous insurgents from ancient Israel's King David to Lawrence of Arabia, the IRA's Michael Collins, and the Northern Alliance's Ahmad Shah Massoud had shown that a shot in the dark and a swift retreat could wear down
  • General Warns Karzai's Comments May Trigger Insider Attacks ...

    Blog Source: article.wn.com | 2 months ago
    The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is warning U.S. and other NATO troops to watch their backs because recent inflammatory comments by Afghan President Hamid Karzai may prompt Afghans to "lash out" against foreign troops.
  • Pakistani clerics endorse suicide bombings, reject proposed ...

    Blog Source: www.longwarjournal.org | 3 months ago
    As data compiled by the South Asia Intelligence Review of the South Asia Terrorism Portal show, the number of suicide attacks in Afghanistan rose from one in 2001 (the bombing that killed Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud on ...
  • U.S. military denies abducting, killing civilians in Afghan ...

    Blog Source: article.wn.com | 3 months ago
    After the fall of Kabul to the Taliban on 27 September 1996, Ahmad Shah Massoud and Abdul Rashid Dostum, two former enemies, created the United Front (Northern Alliance) against the Taliban that were preparing offensives against the ...
  • England to India: Afghanistan

    Blog Source: englandtoindia.blogspot.com | 3 months ago
    Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Lion of Panjshir and my Surly! Chai, naan and cream for breakfast. The 130km from the border to the city of Herat was all desert. USSR tank. A warm reception in the first village we stopped in. "Yeah sure, you can try ...
  • Second week | Guerrilla Ice Cream

    Blog Source: www.guerrillaicecream.com | 10 months ago
    The valley's leader, Ahmad Shah Massoud, was a figurehead in the anti-Taliban movement across Afghanistan, and was so feared by the Taliban that they assassinated him on September 9th, 2001 because they feared he would be enlisted ...
  • WOW PAKSITANI RANGOLI « KATRINA KAIF TURcotte AJAY ...

    Blog Source: ziprootjay.wordpress.com | 1 year ago
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