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Monday, 9 September, 2002, 10:54 GMT 11:54 UK
In pictures: Masood commemorated
Thousands of people in Afghanistan mark the first anniversary of the slaying of veteran Northern Alliance commander, Ahmed Shah Masood.

Supporters of the slain Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massood shout slogans as they make their way through the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan
Supporters of the late Ahmed Shah Massood shout slogans as they make their way through Kabul

Afghan school girls give a German soldier from the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) a wide berth as they make their way past a checkpoint
International peacekeeprs ensured security for the ceremonies

Afghan guards of honour hold a wreath with a portrait of slain Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massood seen in center, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited the Massood shrine north of Kabul
The Northern Alliance leader was killed by a bomb one year ago

Guard in front of giant poster of Ahmed Shah Massood and two aghans praying at the tomb of the slain leader
He is revered as a hero of the struggle against the Soviets and then the Taleban

Fighters sit in a room in the northern Afghan town of Khwaja Bahauddin, former headquarters of the late anti-Taliban Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massood
Northern Alliance fighters remember the man dubbed Lion of Panjshir

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