Ahmad Shah Massoud
(1953-2001)
Afghan military leader
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Ahmad Shah Massoud (Dari Persian/Pashto: احمد شاه مسعود; September 2, 1953 – September 9, 2001) was an Afghan politician and military commander. He was a powerful guerilla commander during the resistance against the Soviet occupation between 1979 and 1989. In the 1990s he led the government's military wing against rival militias and, after the Taliban takeover, was the leading opposition commander against their regime, which he fought against until his assassination in 2001.
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Ahmad Shah Massoud 2 September 1953 Bazarak, Panjshir, Afghanistan
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9 September 2001 (aged 48) Takhar Province, Afghanistan
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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