Ahmad Shah Massoud
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Ahmad Shah Massoud was an Afghan military leader and politician. Known as the "Lion of Panjshir", he was the foremost commander of the Afghan mujahideen against Soviet occupation during the Soviet–Afg
Massoud in 2001
View of Panjshir Valley from Massoud's Tomb
Massoud with President of the European Parliament Nicole Fontaine in April 2001
Afghan National Army honouring Massoud's resistance at his tomb and memorial in September 2010
Soviet–Afghan War
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The Soviet–Afghan War took place in Afghanistan from December 1979 to February 1989. Marking the beginning of the 47-year-long Afghan conflict, it saw the Soviet Union and the Communist-led Afghan mil
Ahmad Shah Massoud
…leader and politician. Known as the "Lion of Panjshir", he was the foremost commander of the Afghan mujahideen against Soviet occupation during the Soviet–Afghan War from 1979 to 1989. Later, in the 1990s, he led the government's military wing against rival militias, and actively fought against the Taliban and their…
Mujahideen fighters in Kunar Province, 1987
The Afghanistan–Pakistan border
Postage stamp from 1979 depicting the Arg, with the text reading "The Great Saur Revolution is the fruit of the class struggle"
Afghanistan Scout Association in the 1950s