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Ahmad Shah Massoud (September 1, 1953 – September 10, 2001) was an Afghan field commander and Minister of Defense of Afghanistan (1992–1996). An ethnic Tajik, he was also known by the nickname The Lion of Panjshir. He was a veteran of the 1979–89 Afghan War. Soviet troops conducted 9 military operations against him. In 1992, the armies of Massoud and Dostum occupied Kabul and overthrew the Najibullah government, and Massoud became Minister of Defense. On September 9, 2001, an attempt was made on Massoud’s life during an interview: suicide bombers posing as journalists hid explosives in a video camera. Ahmad Shah Massoud died of his wounds the following morning, September 10. In modern Afghanistan, there is no figure equal in importance to the late mujahideen commander. More precisely, respect for the personality of Shah Massoud is the only thing in which Afghans are absolutely unanimous, regardless of status, wealth and origin. He is also respected by his former opponents, veterans of the Afghan war from the former Soviet Union (USSR)... Read more: https://tj.sputniknews.ru/analytics/2...