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Ahmadzai

Ahmadzai (died 5 September 1986) was an Afghan Mujahideen fighter who fought in the Soviet-Afghan War Battle of Khost. He died trying to drive back invading Red Army troops from the eastern Mujahideen supply depot.

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Ahmadzai was a member of the Ahmadzai Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan, and was one of the tribal leaders who resisted the Soviet Union invasion in the 1980s. He became the leader of a small group of fighters and defended the hideaway of Khost in 1986 from a Russian attack. Ahmadzai defended the Mujahideen supply depot to the east of the city during the Battle of Khost, but was gunned down in the intense crossfire with the Soviet Army.

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