Ahmad Shah Massoud

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ahmad Shah Massoud
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 2, 1953(1953-09-02)
Age	71
Birthplace	Bazarak
Country	Afghanistan
Birth City	Panjshir
Horoscope	Virgo

Ahmad Shah Massoud Biography

Ahmad Shah Massoud is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 2, 1953 in Bazarak, Panjshir, Afghanistan.

Ahmad Shah Massoud (Dari Persian/Pashto: احمد شاه مسعود ; September 2, 1953 – September 9, 2001) was an Afghan politician and military commander. He was a powerful guerilla 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, which he fought against until his assassination in 2001.

Massoud came from an ethnic Tajik, Sunni Muslim background in the Panjshir valley of northern Afghanistan. He began studying engineering at Polytechnical University of Kabul in the 1970s, where he became involved with religious anti-communist movements around Burhanuddin Rabbani, a leading Islamist. He was part of a failed uprising against Mohammed Daoud Khan’s government. He later joined Rabbani’s Jamiat-e Islami party. During the Soviet–Afghan War, his role as a powerful mujahideen insurgent leader earned him the nickname of “Lion of Panjshir” (شیر پنجشیر ) among his followers as he successfully resisted the Soviets from taking Panjshir Valley. In 1992 he signed the Peshawar Accord, a peace and power-sharing agreement, in the post-communist Islamic State of Afghanistan, and was so appointed as the Minister of Defense as well as the government’s main military commander. His militia fought to defend the capital Kabul against militias led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and other warlords who were bombing the city—and eventually the Taliban, who started to lay siege to the capital in January 1995 after the city had seen fierce fighting with at least 60,000 civilians killed.

Ahmad Shah Massoud Net Worth

Ahmad Shah Massoud is one of the richest Politician from Afghanistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ahmad Shah Massoud 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ahmad Shah Massoud was born in 1953 in Bazarak, Panjshir, to a well-to-do family native to the Panjshir valley. His name at birth was “Ahmed Shah”; he took the name “Massoud” as a nom de guerre when he went into the resistance movement in 1974. His father, Dost Mohammad Khan, was a colonel in the Royal Afghan Army. From his native Panjshir, his family moved briefly to Herat and then to Kabul, where Massoud spent most of his childhood.

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Who is Ahmad Shah Massoud Dating?

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Following the 1979 Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, Massoud devised a strategic plan for expelling the invaders and overthrowing the communist regime. The first task was to establish a popularly based resistance force that had the loyalty of the people. The second phase was “active defense” of the Panjshir stronghold, while carrying out asymmetric warfare. In the third phase, the “strategic offensive”, Massoud’s forces would gain control of large parts of Northern Afghanistan. The fourth phase was the “general application” of Massoud’s principles to the whole country, and the defeat of the Afghan communist government.

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At that point Osama bin Laden, trying to mediate, urged Hekmatyar to “go back with your brothers” and to accept a compromise. Bin Laden reportedly “hated Ahmad Shah Massoud”. Bin Laden was involved in ideological and personal disputes with Massoud and had sided with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar against Massoud in the inner-Afghan conflict since the late 1980s. But Hekmatyar refused to accept a compromise, confident that he would be able to gain sole power in Afghanistan.

What happened to Ahmad Shah Massoud?

Ahmad Shah Massoud, a legendary resistance commander, received CIA funding under Reagan and subsequent U.S. administrations, as his militia ousted the Soviets from Kabul and later led the opposition to the Taliban. Massoud was assassinated by Al Qaeda operatives two days before the 9/11 attacks.

Was Ahmad Shah Massoud a Taliban?

Ahmad Shah Massoud fought the Soviets from his home territory in the Panjshir Valley, and resisted the Taliban , too, until his assassination on September 9, 2001.

How many wives did Ahmad Shah Massoud have?

Hero of the Afghan Nation Ahmad Shah Massoud احمد شاه مسعود
Spouse(s)| Sediqa Massoud
Children| 6, including Ahmad

Is Panjshir under Taliban?

The Panjshir province is to the north of Kabul and has been at the receiving end of severe war crimes allegedly being committed by the Taliban. This is owing to the demographics of the region, predominantly housing the Tajiks.

Why is Ahmed Shah famous?

Ahmad Shāh Durrānī (Pashto: احمد شاه دراني; Dari: احمد شاه درانی), also known as Ahmad Shāh Abdālī (احمد شاه ابدالي), was the founder of the Durrani Empire and is regarded as the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan.