List of Famous people born in Panjshir, Afghanistan

Ahmad Shah Massoud

First Name Ahmad

Last Name Massoud

Born on September 2, 1953

Died on September 9, 2001 (aged 48)

Born in Afghanistan, Panjshir

Ahmad Shah Massoud was an Afghan politician and military commander. He was a powerful guerrilla commander during the resistance against the Soviet occupation between 1979 and 1989. In the 1990s, he led the government's military wing against rival militias and, after the Taliban takeover, was the leading opposition commander against their regime until his assassination in 2001.

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