Thousands mourn key Afghan leader

Wednesday, September 10, 2003

PANJSHIR VALLEY, Afghani-stan -- Thousands gathered Tuesday at a hilltop mausoleum to mark the anniversary of the assassination of Ahmed Shah Massood, the Northern Alliance leader whose death was seen as the first al-Qaida salvo in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

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