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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