In July 1975, the Muslim Youth, with help from the , staged an uprising against the government in Massoud's Panjshir Valley | How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban and the Hijacking of Afghanistan 1st ed |
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and the European Union provided no support to Massoud for the fight against the Taliban | A culture committee and a judiciary committee were also created |
Massoud was posthumously named "National Hero" by the order of President after the Taliban were ousted from power.
The Taliban started shelling Kabul in early 1995 but were defeated by forces of the Islamic State government under Ahmad Shah Massoud | Two days later, the occurred in the United States, which ultimately led to the Afghanistan and allying with Massoud's forces |
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At that point the Taliban leadership and their foreign supporters decided they needed to act quickly before the government could consolidate the new understanding between the parties | Massoud's Jamiat commanders, the interim government, and the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC repeatedly tried to negotiate ceasefires, which broke down in only a few days |
Uzbek president was keen to see Dostum controlling as much of Afghanistan as possible, especially in the north.
21Anthony Davis, who studied and observed Massoud's forces from 1981 to 2001, reported that during the observed period, there was "no pattern of repeated killings of enemy civilians or military prisoners" by Massoud's forces | In many cases, prior arrangements for transferring regional and local authority had been made between foes |
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His friend said that Massoud was different from the other guerilla leaders | Massoud is the subject of 's novel Massoud's Confession, about the Islam of Enlightenment and the need to reform religious practices |
"He is a hero who led a clear struggle for the values of the people".
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