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Paris to unveil plaque in honour of Ahmad Shah Massoud

3rd February, 2021 · admin

1TV: French authorities have decided to plaque in Paris in honour of Afghanistan’s national hero Ahmad Shah Massoud. The Paris Council voted unanimously to place a plaque in Paris 8 in tribute to Commander Massoud, Deputy Mayor of Paris, Arnaud Ngatcha, said on Twitter. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in France-Afghanistan Relations, Heroism, History, Other News | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood |
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First Ever Ahmad Shah Massoud Day Declared in The United States

8th September, 2020 · admin

Massoud Foundation USA: Two days before 9/11 , The National Hero of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud was assassinated by Al-Qaeda operatives sent by Osama Bin Laden – San Diegans honored the late Ahmad Shah Massoud, dubbed the “Afghan Won the Cold War” by the Wall Street Journal. The City of San Diego declared Wednesday, September 9th, both Ahmad Shah Massoud

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Posted in History, Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood, hero |
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Abdullah at Event Honoring Massoud’s Memory Says Talks Imminent

8th September, 2020 · admin

Tolo News: Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council of National Reconciliation, speaking at an event on Tuesday marking the 19th anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud, national hero of Afghanistan, said that the peace negotiation team representing the Afghan is expected to sit for peace talks with the Taliban in the

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood, Amrullah Saleh, Dr. Abdullah |
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Dozens of Taliban fighters penetrate Panjshir’s Abshar district

8th September, 2020 · admin

1TV: Around 60 Taliban fighters on Tuesday stormed a region in Afghanistan’s Panjshir, a normally peaceful province in the north of the capital, local officials said. According to the official, the area was surrounded by security forces who were trying to capture the militants. The attack coincides death anniversary of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the anti-Soviet

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Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood, Panjshir |
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Son Of Revered Afghan Resistance Hero Tests Positive For COVID-19

19th May, 2020 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 19, 2020 The son of Ahmad Shah Masud, the revered anti-Soviet and anti-Taliban commander, says he and several members of his family have tested positive for the coronavirus. In a May 19 post on Twitter and Facebook, Ahmad Masud said his COVID-19 symptoms were not “so serious,” while warning that

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Posted in History | Tags: Ahmad Masud, Ahmad Shah Masood, Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Afghanistan, Ferozuddin Feroz |
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Iran’s New Quds Force Leader Has A Long History With Afghanistan

15th January, 2020 · admin

By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 15, 2020 It was in the late 1980s when Ismail Qaani — then a local commander in Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) — first became active in Afghanistan. It was to be the start of Qaani’s decades-long involvement in Iran’s eastern neighbor, where Tehran has

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Posted in History, Iran-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood |
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Why Both Russia And America Failed In Afghanistan

19th December, 2019 · admin

The National Interest:  It’s well past time to let Afghans decide Afghanistan’s future without foreign “assistance.” During the early days after the 9/11 attacks and the initiation of the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan, it was relatively common to reference the woeful Soviet experience in that country. Here was a clear paradigm of what not to do

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Posted in History, Opinion/Editorial, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood, Soviet-Afghan War |
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Son Of Afghanistan’s ‘Lion Of Panjshir’ Takes Up Father’s Fight Against Taliban

10th September, 2019 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan: The son of revered Afghan resistance fighter Ahmad Shah Masud says he wants to make his late father’s goal of creating a moderate Afghan state a reality. In an interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan, Ahmad Masud warned against any peace deal with the Taliban and explained why he’s following

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Posted in Interviews, Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood, hero |
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Martyrs Week, Massoud’s Death Anniversary Commemorated

9th September, 2019 · admin · 1 Comment

Tolo News: Prominent politicians, former Jihadi leaders and government officials on Monday commemorated Martyrs Week and the 18th anniversary of National Hero Ahmad Shah Massoud’s assassination by laying a wreath at the Minaret of Resistance in Massoud Square in Kabul. Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, Acting Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid, head of Massoud Foundation and presidential candidate

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Posted in History, Political News | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood, hero |
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Afghan warrior Massoud’s image becomes national icon

11th July, 2019 · admin

AFP: In Kabul, it is hard to miss the late Ahmad Shah Massoud. His bearded visage is painted onto blast walls across the city, his photo adorns the windscreens of pro-government forces. And a central roundabout bears his name. More than 17 years since his assassination, the legendary fighter who battled the Soviets and the Taliban

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Posted in History, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood, hero |
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