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Masood`s army had a unit to wage war with pen
Ahmed Shah Masood, the assassinated legendary commander of the Northern Alliance, while in Panjsher Valley kept the Taliban on their toes by secretly distributing material in the capital city written by his unit which was waging war with pens.
Ahmed Shah Masood, the assassinated legendary commander of the Northern Alliance, while in Panjsher Valley kept the Taliban on their toes by secretly distributing material in the capital city written by his unit which was waging war with pens.
Major Abdul Majid Najim dresses like a soldier, has a proper office in the defence ministry, he did have training weapons, but never used them against Taliban. ''Isn't there a saying-pen is mightier than sword'', he asks and adds ''We used the proverb to maximum benefit''.
Major Majid, who had received military training at Kabul's military school way back in the eighties, says ''There was a full company under my command consisting mainly of pen soldiers. We used to write material highlighting the policy of our leader commander Masood and the black deeds of Taliban and smuggle them into Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and other parts of Afghanistan."
Major Abdul Majid Najim dresses like a soldier, has a proper office in the defence ministry, he did have training weapons, but never used them against Taliban. ''Isn't there a saying-pen is mightier than sword'', he asks and adds ''We used the proverb to maximum benefit''.
Major Majid, who had received military training at Kabul's military school way back in the eighties, says ''There was a full company under my command consisting mainly of pen soldiers. We used to write material highlighting the policy of our leader commander Masood and the black deeds of Taliban and smuggle them into Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and other parts of Afghanistan."
The NA had a newspaper in the name of 'Shoora-e-Nazar' printed at Parwan in Panjsher Valley and the name of the newspaper was identical to the name of the camp of commander Masood.
Bureau Report