<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Massoud" id="mwAW0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ahmad Shah Massoud">Ahmad Shah Massoud</a>, leader of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Alliance" id="mwAW4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northern Alliance">Northern Alliance</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ahmad_Shah_Massoud" id="mwAW8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud">is assassinated</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" id="mwAXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> by two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" id="mwAXE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.