Men crowd in the door to pray at the shrine of Ahmad Shah Masood in the Panjshir Valley Afghanistan

---

Men crowd in the door to pray over the tomb at the shrine of Ahmad Shah Masood in the Panjshir Valley Afghanistan September 9 2002. Masood was a revered mujahedin leader who fought the Soviets in the Afghan-Soviet war and who also was one of the main leaders of the Northern Alliance which opposed the Taliban and helped the US Military in their defeat. Masood was assasinated by what are thought to be Al Queda operatives on Sept. 9 2001. A shrine has been erected in the Panjshir Valley near the village of Bazarak from where he led much of his resistance to both the Soviet and Taliban forces to honor this latest of Afghan war

---

Size: 4684px × 3129px
Location: Panjshir Afghanistan
Photo credit: © Beth Wald / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: afghanistan, asia, central, ceremony, honor, islam, men, muslim, panjshir, shrine, south