Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, also known as the Lion of Panjshir, giving a briefing to the Mujahideen on the upcoming assault on Keran and Minjon, Afghanistan, 1989

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tinyirishgirl: Cannot but help feeling heartbroken for Afghanistan.

Have the people ever had years of any sustained peace?

dirtyb025: The man holding the video camera in the background is pretty ironic. Two days before 9/11 massoud was killed by men pretending to be a film crew
Edit: I changed he to massoud

Battlefire: For those more intrested in the story behind this picture. Here is a link to a journal about this very moment https://afghanjourneys.com/2015/02/13/massoud-battle-plan/