Ahmad Shah Massoud9 September 2001
The assassination removes the leading military commander of the anti-Taliban Islamic State.
Afghanistan · Government / Government of Afghanistan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The assassination removes the leading military commander of the anti-Taliban Islamic State.
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