The killing of Ahmed Shah Massoud
Two days before 9/11, al-Qaeda killed a key Afghan leader in a suicide bombing.
Witness History · BBC World Service
September 7, 20219m 58s
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Show Notes
On the 9th of September 2001 the Afghan fighter Ahmed Shah Massoud who led the opposition to Taliban rule, was killed by a suicide bomber. Just two days later, Al Qaeda carried out their attacks in the USA. In 2011 Louise Hidalgo spoke one of Ahmed Shah Massoud's friends who was with him the day he died.
PHOTO: Ahmed Shah Massoud (Getty Images)