In the 1980s, Ahmad Shah Massoud became one of Afghanistan's staunchest mujahideen—the holy warriors who fought the Soviets with Western backing.An ethnic Tajik who spent 25 years of his life as a guerilla, Massoud in early 2001 begged the West for help to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda, but was killed before he had the chance.
Now memorialized on carpets, posters, and billboards all over Afghanistan, his history is being rewritten. Watch, hear, and read a deconstruction of Massoud's legacy.
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