Its subject, Ahmed Shah Massoud, the Tajik commander who had, over more than 20 years, fought the Red Army and then the Taliban, was assassinated by Al Qaeda suicide bombers on Sept. 9, 2001, in a ...

NPR's Michael Sullivan in Kabul reports on today's ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the assassination of legendary mujahedin leader Ahmed Shah Massoud. Massoud was killed by two suspected ...

The Sept. 9, 2001, assassination of Afghan rebel leader Ahmad Shah Massoud is a dark little corner on the early 21st century chessboard. Al-Qaeda’s killing of the anti-Taliban commander is often said ...

JABAL SARAJ, Afghanistan, Nov. 5 -- Two Arab suicide bombers who posed as journalists to assassinate renowned Afghan guerrilla commander Ahmed Shah Massoud originally intended to blow up the entire ...

While most Americans were transfixed by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, David Gaines found himself also fixated on a country 7,000 miles away, searching for more information about an Afghan ...

Though dated, the 2001 National Geographic film, "Afghanistan Revealed", provides good background on the fighting that brings us to the point we are at now. The film focuses on the character and ...

Ten years ago, the most famous rebel leader in Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, was killed by al-Qaida as the opening salvo for the Sept. 11... In Afghanistan, Assessing A Rebel Leader's Legacy Ten ...

Eighteen years after the assassination of revered anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, his only son is hoping to continue the mission against the insurgents by jumping into Afghanistan's chaotic ...

An intrusive sweep that has spanned several provinces risks alienating Afghans and fueling the insurgency the new government is trying to stop. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Christina Goldbaum and Najim ...