Afgha.com – Ahmad Shah Massoud died two days ago, Massoud was the leader of the Anti-Taliban. Check out the letter of warning written in 1998, warning of the terror that will follow. NY Times article covering and breaking the story Login required use: dean_paxton | password: uther)
He was the leader of the United Front, which controls about 5% of Afghanistan. They will, of course pledge help to the U.S., but are understandably angry that this has been allowed to go on so long and that the world has ignored their struggle. They have received some external Soviet and U.S. support, however, and I would expect this group of individuals to get a lot of attention very soon.
This is all very significant in that he was attacked last Sunday. Three days before the WTC attack. This is obviously a consipracy between the Taliban, Pakistan, and bin Laden… Immediately after the assassination attempt, there was speculation that the so-called United Front, a loose alliance of anti-Taliban forces, would fall apart. But the response to the attacks in America appears to have given new hope to those opposed to the Taliban. “The Americans will target the Taliban leadership,” said Ahmed Rashid, a Pakistani journalist who has covered Afghanistan for 20 years. “It’ll be messy, but in the end there will be a new government in Kabul.”