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Time Magazine: 60 Years of Asian Heroes |
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Written by | Jawedan |
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Street in Delhi named after Afghan war hero |
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Written by | Jawedan |
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NEW DELHI: Reflecting their growing bilateral relations, India on Thursday named a road in the national Capital after the slain Afghan war hero, Ahmad Shah Massoud. It is the first time that such an honour has been extended to a leader from that country. |
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A posthumous Nobel Peace Prize for Ahmad Shah Massoud |
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Written by | Jawedan |
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Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud was officially proclaimed the national hero of Afghanistan on April 25, 2002. A special committee has been collecting signatures since January of the current year to award the Nobel Prize to Ahmad Massoud posthumously. Well-known politicians and public figures of the world are among those people, who signed the letter, for example Czech President Vaclav Havel, American writer Elie Wiesel, deputies of the Europarliament, and many others. |
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Massoud's Tomb In Panjshir |
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Written by | Jawedan |
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In 2001, the Afghan Interim Government under president Hamid Karzai awarded him the title of "Hero of the Afghan Nation". Massoud is the subject of Ken Follett's Lie Down With Lions, a novel about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Many documentaries, books and movies have been made about Ahmad Shah Massoud. A bigger mausoleum is being built in Panjsher to replace the smaller one. |
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