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Ahmad Shah Massoud
| Field commander Date of Birth: Country: Afghanistan |
Content:
- Biography of Ahmad Shah Massoud
- Early Life and Education
- Involvement in Islamic Movements
- Resistance against Soviet Invasion
- Post-Soviet Era and Assassination
- Legacy
Biography of Ahmad Shah Massoud
Ahmad Shah Massoud was a field commander and military leader from Afghanistan who played a crucial role in the withdrawal of Soviet forces from the country.
He was famously known as the 'Lion of Panjshir'.
Early Life and Education
Ahmad was born into the family of police officer Dost Mohammad in Bazarak, Panjshir, Afghanistan. He started school at the age of 5 and had to frequently change schools as his family moved due to his father's career advancement.
Ahmad shah massoud and gulbuddin hekmatyar daughter killed Ahmad Shah Massoud was born At the age of five, he started grammar school at Bazarak and stayed there until second grade. Since his father was promoted to be police chief of Herat, he attended 3rd and 4th grade at the Mowaffaq School in Herat. Later his father was moved to Kabul so he attended intermediate and senior grades at the Isteqlaal School in Kabul. Since his childhood, he was considered exceedingly talented; from 10th grade on his school acknowledged his being a particularly gifted student.Massoud was incredibly talented from a young age, mastering languages such as Persian, French, Hindi, Urdu, Pashto, English, and Arabic.
Involvement in Islamic Movements
In , while studying in Kabul, Massoud became involved in the activities of the "Organization of Young Muslims," a student division of the "Islamic Society." The movement aimed to counter the growing influence of communists, particularly after Daoud Khan came to power in Massoud was in charge of the Panjshir branch of the organization.
In , a member of the organization named Gulbuddin Hekmatyar attempted to overthrow the Daoud government.
Massoud, disappointed with Hekmatyar's failure, aligned himself with Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, the leader of the organization. The movement later split into factions led by Rabbani and fundamentalists led by Hekmatyar.
Resistance against Soviet Invasion
When Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan, Massoud began planning to expel them and overthrow the communist regime.
His first task was to create a guerrilla movement and defend the fortress of Panjshir.
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In the s, he led the government's military wing against rival militia, and actively fought against the Taliban , from the time the regime rose to power in , [ 5 ] and until his assassination in He began studying engineering at Polytechnical University of Kabul in the s, where he became involved with religious anti- communist movements around Burhanuddin Rabbani , a leading Islamist. He participated in a failed uprising against Mohammed Daoud Khan 's government. Supported by Britain's MI6 [ 7 ] and to a lesser extent by the U. In , he signed the Peshawar Accord , a peace and power-sharing agreement, in the post-communist Islamic State of Afghanistan.He then planned to launch attacks on enemy forces in the northern part of Afghanistan and ultimately liberate the entire country.
Massoud's activities attracted the attention and support of the United States. During President Reagan's era, this support developed into the official policy known as the "Reagan Doctrine." Massoud and his guerrilla fighters caused significant difficulties for Soviet troops, intercepting their convoys and causing fuel shortages.
In response, the Soviets sent a large force of 12, soldiers to Panjshir.
Massoud had to retreat to neighboring valleys and his strongholds. The Soviet troops followed them and fell into an ambush. In , the Soviets proposed a truce to Massoud, which he agreed to.
Post-Soviet Era and Assassination
After the withdrawal of Soviet forces and the fall of the pro-Soviet government of Mohammad Najibullah, Massoud became the Minister of Defense of Afghanistan under President Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Ahmad shah massoud and gulbuddin hekmatyar daughter Born in the Badakhshan Province , Rabbani studied at Kabul University and worked there as a professor of Islamic theology. He formed the Jamiat-e Islami Islamic Society at the university which attracted then-students Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Ahmad Shah Massoud , both would eventually become the two leading commanders of the Afghan mujahideen in the Soviet—Afghan War from Rabbani was chosen to be the President of Afghanistan after the end of the former communist regime in Rabbani and his Islamic State of Afghanistan government was later forced into exile by the Taliban , and he then served as the political head of the Northern Alliance , an alliance of various political groups who fought against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. During his time in the office, there were a lot of internal clashes between different fighting groups.After the fall of Rabbani's government and the rise of the Taliban, Massoud resumed his role as a field commander. He was best known at that time as the leader of the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan, also known as the Northern Alliance.
On September 9, , two days before the attack on the World Trade Center, Massoud was assassinated in the Takhar province of Afghanistan.
The killers, believed to be agents of Al-Qaeda, posed as journalists and hid explosives in their video cameras. Osama bin Laden later sent a videotape with a pre-death message and compensation for his death to one of the suicide bomber's wives.
Despite initial denials by representatives of the Northern Alliance, rumors of Massoud's death quickly spread worldwide.
Two days later, however, the world received more significant news – the destruction of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, It is believed that Massoud had warned about this threat in his speech to the European Parliament several months earlier.
Legacy
After Massoud's death, many analysts predicted the imminent disintegration of the Northern Alliance.
However, after the events of September 11, the United States began massive support for anti-Taliban movements in Afghanistan. On September 16, representatives of the movement officially acknowledged Massoud's death from injuries. A year later, Afghan President Hamid Karzai named Massoud a national hero, and the day of his death became a national holiday known as "Massoud Day."
Ahmad Shah Massoud was posthumously nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in His wife, Sedika Massoud, and their children currently reside in Iran.
Ahmad shah massoud and gulbuddin hekmatyar daughter wedding Gulbuddin Hekmatyar [ a ] born 1 August [ 2 ] is an Afghan politician, and former mujahideen leader and drug trafficker. Hekmatyar joined the Muslim Youth organization as a student in the early s, where he was known for his Islamic radicalism rejected by much of the organization. He spent time in Pakistan before returning to Afghanistan when the Soviet—Afghan War began in , at which time the CIA began funding his rapidly growing Hezb-e Islami organization through the Pakistani intelligence service, ISI , [ 5 ] one of the largest of the Afghan mujahideen. In the late s Hekmatyar and his organization used the funds and weapons provided to them by the CIA to start trafficking opium , and later moved into manufacturing heroin. He established himself and his group amongst the leading heroin suppliers in the Middle East.Ahmad's son, also named Ahmad, followed in his father's footsteps and even became the Vice President of Afghanistan under Hamid Karzai. In late , there was an assassination attempt on his life, but the attackers failed to succeed.
Massoud's body rests in a mausoleum in the Panjshir Valley. A new mausoleum is currently being built to honor his memory.