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Ahmed Shah Massoud, the former defense minister and head of Afghanistan's deposed government, was killed by suicide bombers two days before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. The 48-year-old Massoud was an indomitable resistance leader in the 1980s, repelling one Soviet foray after the next. But after the Soviets withdrew from the country, the coalition government that he was a part of was unable to hold onto power. By the mid '90s, Massoud became the chief adversary of the Taliban. As head of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance, he would have been a key figure in any future attempts by the United States to overthrow the current regime in Kabul.
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In 1371 (1992) Massoud considered the Mujahedin forces to be unable to govern. However, after an exhaustive meeting of the Mujahedin leadership in Daalaan Sang / Panjsher he decided that the overthrow of the Kabul communist government was inevitable but should not be carried out immediately. Despite everyone agreeing with this plan, Hekmatyar objected and wanted to invade Kabul at once. In a recorded conversation[23], Massoud tried to convince Hekmatyar not to attack Kabul, since the government was ready to surrender, but Hekmatyar would not listen.
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