Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Ahmad Shah Massoud, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Ismail Khan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Mohammed Fahim, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Pacha Khan Zadran, Jan-Fishan Khan, Faryadi Sarwar Zardad, Gul Agha Sherzai, Abdul Ali Mazari, Ismatullah Muslim, Jamil al-Rahman, Mohammad Mohaqiq, Abdul Malik Pahlawan, Raes Abdul Wahed, Karim Khalili, Abdul Karim Brahui, Bibi Ayesha, Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada, Karnal. Excerpt: Ahmad Shah Massoud ( - A mad h Mas' d; September 2, 1953 - September 9, 2001) was a Kabul University engineering student turned military leader who played a leading role in driving the Soviet army out of Afghanistan, earning him the name Lion of Panjshir. His followers call him mir S hib-e Shah d (Our Beloved Martyred Commander). A devout Sunni Muslim reportedly also always carrying a book of Sufi mystic Ghazali with him, he strongly rejected the interpretations of Islam followed by the Taliban, Al Qaeda or the Saudi establishment. His followers not only saw him as a military commander but also as a spiritual leader. Following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan the Wall Street Journal named Massoud "the Afghan who won the Cold War." After the collapse of the communist Soviet-backed government of Mohammad Najibullah in 1992, Massoud became the Minister of Defense under the government of Burhanuddin Rabbani. Following the rise of the Taliban in 1996, Massoud returned to the role of an armed opposition leader, serving as the military commander and political leader of the United Islamic Front (also known in the West as Northern Alliance). On September 9, 2001, two days before the September 11 attacks in the United States, Massoud was assassinated in Takhar Province of Afghanistan by two suspected Arab al-Qaeda suicide bombers posing as journalists. The following year, he was named "Nat...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Afghan Warlords: Ahmad Shah Massoud, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Ismail Khan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Mohammed Fahim. To get started finding Afghan Warlords: Ahmad Shah Massoud, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Ismail Khan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Mohammed Fahim, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Afghan Warlords: Ahmad Shah Massoud, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Ismail Khan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Mohammed Fahim
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Ahmad Shah Massoud, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Ismail Khan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Mohammed Fahim, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Pacha Khan Zadran, Jan-Fishan Khan, Faryadi Sarwar Zardad, Gul Agha Sherzai, Abdul Ali Mazari, Ismatullah Muslim, Jamil al-Rahman, Mohammad Mohaqiq, Abdul Malik Pahlawan, Raes Abdul Wahed, Karim Khalili, Abdul Karim Brahui, Bibi Ayesha, Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada, Karnal. Excerpt: Ahmad Shah Massoud ( - A mad h Mas' d; September 2, 1953 - September 9, 2001) was a Kabul University engineering student turned military leader who played a leading role in driving the Soviet army out of Afghanistan, earning him the name Lion of Panjshir. His followers call him mir S hib-e Shah d (Our Beloved Martyred Commander). A devout Sunni Muslim reportedly also always carrying a book of Sufi mystic Ghazali with him, he strongly rejected the interpretations of Islam followed by the Taliban, Al Qaeda or the Saudi establishment. His followers not only saw him as a military commander but also as a spiritual leader. Following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan the Wall Street Journal named Massoud "the Afghan who won the Cold War." After the collapse of the communist Soviet-backed government of Mohammad Najibullah in 1992, Massoud became the Minister of Defense under the government of Burhanuddin Rabbani. Following the rise of the Taliban in 1996, Massoud returned to the role of an armed opposition leader, serving as the military commander and political leader of the United Islamic Front (also known in the West as Northern Alliance). On September 9, 2001, two days before the September 11 attacks in the United States, Massoud was assassinated in Takhar Province of Afghanistan by two suspected Arab al-Qaeda suicide bombers posing as journalists. The following year, he was named "Nat...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Afghan Warlords: Ahmad Shah Massoud, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Ismail Khan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Mohammed Fahim. To get started finding Afghan Warlords: Ahmad Shah Massoud, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Ismail Khan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Mohammed Fahim, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.