Kabul, Afghanistan - A week-long commemoration is underway in
Afghanistan marking the life of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Tajik
guerrilla leader who led a poorly equipped force that helped
humble a superpower.  Known as the "Lion of Panjshir" due to his
fierce resistance to Soviet attacks, Massoud was killed 11 years
ago on September 9 by al-Qaeda assassins posing as journalists.
In his mid-20s when Red Army marched into Afghanistan, Massoud
organised resistance from the northern Panjshir Valley, and
relentlessly attacked the Soviets' vital supply line along the
Salang Pass.  He quickly became a thorn in the Russians' side,
and they retaliated with large-scale offensives. But his
outnumbered and outgunned fighters repeatedly repulsed the
onslaughts.     After helping defeat the Soviets, Massoud fought
against the Taliban and al-Qaeda as the leader of the Northern
Alliance, cementing his reputation as a deft military
strategist.  Today, his image inundates the Afghan capital: A
billboard atop a mountain overlooks