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 ...

Afghanistan's top opposition commander Ahmad Shah Masood is alive and recovering in hospital, his brother insisted here Tuesday, refuting persistent reports of Masood's death after an assassination ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Abdullah was 16 years old when Ahmad Shah Masood first came to his family’s wheat-farming village in the northern province of Takhar. Masood needed mujahedeen fighters to battle ...

Reacting to reports of the death of Afghan opposition commander Ahmad Shah Masood, today's Russian newspaper "Izvestiya" says Moscow will have to become more actively engaged in Central Asia, to stem ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The legendary Afghan guerrilla leader Ahmad Shah Masood died today from wounds suffered in a suicide bomb attack last Sunday, the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press said. The ...

ABDULLAH ABDULLAH: Having gained 31 percent of the vote as runner-up to Hamid Karzai in the disputed 2009 elections, Abdullah has an advantage in name recognition and political organization. He was a ...

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Afghanistan opposition leader Ahmad Shah Masood has finished a week-long tour of Western Europe that took him to Paris, Strasbourg, and Brussels. RFE/RL correspondent Jean-Christophe Peuch speaks with ...