Ahmad Shah Masud | 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

Explanation

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