Ahmad Shah Masoud
Afghani resistance leader
Also known as: Ahmad Shah Massoud
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history of Afghanistan
- In Afghanistan: Civil war, communist phase (1978–92)
…was under the command of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who instead fought the Soviets from a redoubt in the Panjanshīr River valley (commonly Panjshēr valley) northeast of Kabul. Massoud was among those commanders affiliated with the Islamic Society (one of the most influential mujahideen groups), then headed by an Azhar-trained scholar,…
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Northern Alliance
- In Northern Alliance
… and his minister of defense Ahmad Shah Masoud, formed the Northern Alliance soon after. When the Taliban seized control of Mazār-e Sharīf in 1998, the alliance was confined largely to the Panjshīr Valley in the northeast, which remained the only major holdout to Taliban rule.
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