Bin Laden ordered Massood's killing: Taliban official

Osama bin Laden personally ordered the assassination of Afghan opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood just days before the September 11 attacks, a former senior Taliban official has said.

Osama bin Laden personally ordered the assassination of Afghan opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood just days before the September 11 attacks, a former senior Taliban official has said.

It was the first time a Taliban insider has talked about the terror mastermind's role in the murder.

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