When the CIA decided to take back thousands of stinger missiles from Afghanistan in the 1980s, fearing they would fall into the hands of Iran, they knew of only one powerful warlord they could trust ...

Ahmad Shah Massoud fought the Soviets from his home territory in the Panjshir Valley, and resisted the Taliban, too, until his assassination on September 9, 2001. His son, Ahmad Massoud, attempted to ...

Partially torn posters with the image of slain Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud adorn a wall in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 12, 2021. Credit: AP Photo/Bernat Armangue The assassination of ...

Three years after the departure of the final US troops from Afghanistan, the situation in the country is bleak, with the Taliban tightening its grip as it introduces increasingly oppressive laws that ...

Eighteen years after the assassination of revered anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, his only son is hoping to continue the mission against the insurgents by jumping into Afghanistan's chaotic ...

JANGALAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A "secretive" peace deal between United States and the Taliban could face wide resistance in Afghanistan if it opens the door to the insurgents' hardline regime, said ...

An Afghan man holds a portrait of Ahmad Shah Massoud in December 2001 - Copyright AFP - An Afghan man holds a portrait of Ahmad Shah Massoud in December 2001 ...