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Witness History: The killing of Ahmed Shah Massoud

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07/09/2021 GMT

The killing of Ahmed Shah Massoud

BBC World Service - Witness History, The killing of Ahmed Shah Massoud

Two days before 9/11, al-Qaeda killed a key Afghan leader in a suicide bombing.

On the 9th of September 2001 the Afghan fighter Ahmed Shah Massoud who led the opposition to Taliban rule, was killed by a suicide bomber.  Just two days later, Al Qaeda carried out their attacks in the USA.  In 2011 Louise Hidalgo spoke one of Ahmed Shah Massoud's friends who was with him the day he died.

PHOTO: Ahmed Shah Massoud (Getty Images)

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