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| Nickname(s) | "Lion of Panjshir" |
| Born | September 2, 1953 (1953-09-02) Bazarak, Panjshir, Afghanistan |
| Died | September 9, 2001 (2001-09-10) (aged 48) Takhar Province, Afghanistan |
| Service | .png){kind=small} Military |
| Years of service | 1978-2001 † |
| Rank | Commander Minister of Defense Vice President of Afghanistan |
| Commands | Prominent Mujahideen commander during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Defense Minister of Afghanistan and commander of the anti-Taliban United Islamic Front |
| Battles / wars | Soviet war in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | National Hero of Afghanistan |
Ahmad Shah Massoud (Template:Lang-fa Aḥmad Šāh Mas'ūd; September 2, 1953 – September 9, 2001) was a political and military leader in Afghanistan. He was a central figure, known as the "Lion of Panjshir" (شیر پنجشیر), in the resistance against the Soviet occupation between 1979 and 1989, served as the Defense Minister of Afghanistan against the militia of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in the early 1990s, and led resistance against Mohammed Omar's Taliban regime between 1996 and 2001. Massoud was assassinated on September 9, 2001, two days before the attacks of September 11. His followers call him Āmir Sāhib-e Shahīd ("Our Beloved Martyred Commander").