Euraisanet: The year was 2001, the month was September and Tajik reporter Khurshed Nazarov was a man on a mission. His bosses at Russia’s state-funded RTR broadcaster had dispatched him to northern Afghanistan to get the interview that every journalist traveling there wanted: Ahmad Shah Massoud. The legendary anti-Soviet turned anti-Taliban commander was a figure
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 2, 2021 DUSHANBE — Tajikistan has awarded posthumously two former Afghan political figures, Ahmad Shah Masud and Burhanuddin Rabbani, with the country’s highest honor, the Order of Ismoili Somoni. Tajik President Emomali Rahmon signed the decree awarding the two men the honor on September 2. According to the decree, Masud and Rabbani
Ariana: Sunday, September 27, marked the 26th anniversary of the takeover by the Taliban of Afghanistan – a day they entered Kabul city flying their white flags, abruptly ending the Burhanuddin Rabbani government. Click here to read more (external link). Related Dr. Najibullah’s supporters commemorate his death
Tolo News: Acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, during Friday’s eight-year anniversary of the death of former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, said that the Presidential Palace’s efforts to monopolize power in the last five years have weakened the system. Speaking in the ceremony at the Loya Jirga tent Rabbani warned that the election commission will be responsible for
Tolo News: Members of Jamiat-e-Islami party on Friday commemorated the 5th anniversary of former head of the High Peace Council (HPC) Burhanuddin Rabbani’s assassination, where they called on Hizb-e-Islami to be honest it its commitments made in the peace deal with Afghan government. Former jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rassuol Sayaf said at the ceremony that he is
Tolo News: Acting Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor said at a gathering in Mazar-e-Sharif city on Monday that government should have consulted with Jamiat-e Islami Party and former High Peace Council’s (HPC) chief, Burhanuddin Rabbani’s family, before executing the terrorist that was involved in Rabbani’s assassination. He said that Hamidullah, one of the six terrorists that were