Afghanistan's Search for Peace'Massoud Checking Taliban Position

Seamus Murphy

Newsweek/NY Times Magazine

Legendary Panjshiri leader Ahmed Shah Massoud on a visit to his defence line at front above Dashti Qala observes the Taliban from a gun position. Holding off countless Soviet offensives in the 80's ,and being the only credible aversity against the Taliban in the 90's, he was assasinated days before the 9/11 attacks by Islamic fundamentalists November, 2000

Seamus Murphy, "Afghanistan's Search for Peace'Massoud Checking Taliban Position," in POYi Archive, Item #35597, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/35597 (accessed April 27, 2024).