Afghanistan Resistance | MCQs

Explanation

Massoud came from an ethnic Tajik of Sunni Muslim background in the Panjshir Valley in Northern Afghanistan.

He was the Minister of Defense of Afghanistan from April 28, 1992 – September 9, 2001

Political party: Jamiat-e Islami

He fought against the Taliban, from the time the regime rose to power in 1996 to 2001

Battles/wars

• 1975 Panjshir Valley uprising
• Soviet–Afghan War