Massoud Khalili

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Massoud Khalili, also Masood Khalili and Masud Khalili was an advisor[1], schoolmate and close associate of Ahmed Shah Massoud. He was also the Northern Alliance's ambassador to India[2][3][4], and subsequently Afghanistan's ambassador to India, 2001-2007.[5] On September 9, 2001 Khalili was badly injured by a bomb blast that killed Ahmad Shah Massoud.[2][3][4] The bomb was from Osama Bin Laden's forces.[6][3][4]

[edit] Early life

Khalili was the son of the famous Persian language poet, and Persian poet laureate, Ustad Khalilullah Khalili. He grew up in Kabul where his father taught at Kabul University.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ MacFarquhar, Emily (12 November 1990) "Praise Allah and pass the ammunition" U.S. News & World Report 109(19): p. 54
  2. ^ a b Rashid, Ahmed (11 September 2001) "Afghanistan resistance leader feared dead in blast" Daily Telegraph London, p. 11
  3. ^ a b c Talwar, Ashwani (26 October 2001) "Khalili Remembers Fatal Attack on Massood" The Times of India
  4. ^ a b c Dugger, Celia W. (26 October 2001) "A Nation Challenged: the Survivor: Taliban Foe Tells of Calm, Quiet Assassins" The New York Times p. B-2
  5. ^ "Embassies of Afghanistan"
  6. ^ Anderson, Jon Lee (10 June 2002) "The Assassins: Who was involved in the murder of Ahmed Shah Massoud?" The New Yorker

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