Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud by Sandy Gall

Author:Sandy Gall [Gall, Sandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, General, Historical, history, Asia, Central Asia, Military, Wars & Conflicts (Other)
ISBN: 9781913368227
Google: HpBDzgEACAAJ
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Published: 2021-09-07T23:22:45.858969+00:00

The next entry comes after the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan on 15 February 1989.

Tarasht

Sunday night

30.11.1367

[19.2.1989]

At 10:30 a.m. I set out from Piu, heading for Khanegah. I reached there at midday. Maulvi Saheb Sayed Akbar (the head of the council of Ulama), Maulvi Saheb Mohammad Eshaq Farkhar, and Maulvi Abdul Hadi Tagab had come a few days ago from Kabul to meet me here. We began talks immediately. They did not have anything special to tell me, but they took up a lot of my time. I met Pohan Saheb, the headmaster. We ate together. He raised a number of problems, and I took note. I met a number of the elders, who said they wanted a mosque in Khanegah. We chose a beautiful site. I asked them to make sure that this land did not belong to anyone. They assured me that the land had been endowed as waqf [a charitable endowment under Islamic law]. I said that I would arrange for civil engineers to come from the Panjsher to begin the work.

Towards the afternoon, the cultural committee came to see me, and for the first time in my life I cut a ribbon. I inspected the activities of the different branches of the committee, such as the film studio and the library. Although the committee was new and its members were inexperienced, they had done a very good job. After dinner, I set out for Tarasht, and now, at 12:07 a.m., I am writing this entry.

Snow has begun to fall again, and with this weather I do not know whether or not we can cross the pass.

It has now been confirmed that – as well as Ai Khanum – Colonel Abdul Samad, Colonel Hakim Sadiqi, Colonel Mirza Abdul Hakim, and Lieutenant Colonel Rashid Tartar have all surrendered to Jamiat.

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