This small anti-Taliban coalition was led by the veteran Mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, an ethnic Tajik nicknamed the “Lion of Panjshir.” The Northern Alliance controlled parts of ...

NA was formed by retreating members of the government i.e. the ousted president Burhanuddin Rabbani and his defence minister Ahmad ... Ahmed Zia Massoud, brother of the slain Ahmed Shah Massoud ...

Among them were many women activists as well as Ahmad Massoud, the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who fought the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Manizha Bakhtari moved her embassy to an affordable ...

Among them were many women activists as well as Ahmad Massoud, the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who fought the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Taliban hit back by blacklisting the Vienna embassy ...

Drawing from the Syrian conflict ... The assassination of Tajik leader Ahmad Shah Massoud in 2001 nearly shattered the coalition, but US intervention post-9/11 catalyzed the Taliban’s downfall. The ...

Insecurity in Afghanistan began after the Mujahideen’s victory over the former Soviet army and reached its peak in 1992 with the bloody Afshar tragedy; an event in which hundreds of Shiite civilians ...

In August 2001, President George W. Bush agreed to support the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan and provide support to its leader, Ahmad Shah Massoud, against the Taliban regime. The Taliban killed ...

AG Ayine has assured that LI 2462 will be repealed when Parliament resumes — Sam ...

Renowned Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Ahmad Shah has passed away in Islamabad. He was the son of Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Yusuf Shah and uncle of All Parties Hurriyat Conference senior leader ...

Pahang ruler Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah decreed that traders and local authorities in the state should be responsible when carrying out their respective roles. Sultan Abdullah also urged ...

Smith, Franklin's founding president, who had been persuaded by Pakistani diplomat and literary figure Ahmad Shah Bokhari to extend the Franklin model from Lahore to Dhaka. It was a moment of ...