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Slain warlord remains an icon
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Slain warlord remains an icon
A year after his death, Massood symbolizes rifts dividing
Afghanistan
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press
Monday, September 9, 2002
Khodja Bahauddin, Afghanistan -- To his admirers, Ahmed Shah
Massood was a heroic warrior -- the so-called Lion of Panj-shir --
who fended off the Soviet Red Army and the Taliban. To his
detractors, he was a power-hungry warlord who fought for political
gain at his nation's expense.
A year after ...
