PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles W. Lyon, Air Component Coordination Element director, Air Forces Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, visits Ahmad Shah Massoud’s tomb during a visit to Forward Operating Base Lion here Aug. 25.  Massoud, who is commonly known as the Lion of Panjshir, was killed by a suicide bomber Sep. 9, 2001. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean M. White, Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles W. Lyon, Air Component Coordination Element director, Air Forces Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, visits Ahmad Shah Massoud’s tomb during a visit to Forward Operating Base Lion here Aug. 25.  Massoud, who is commonly known as the Lion of Panjshir, was killed by a suicide bomber Sep. 9, 2001. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean M. White, Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team)PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles W. Lyon, Air Component Coordination Element director, Air Forces Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, visits Ahmad Shah Massoud’s tomb during a visit to Forward Operating Base Lion here Aug. 25. The Massoud Foundation began the construction of the tomb in February 2007 and plans to build a museum, library, guest house and amphitheater collocated with the tomb. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean M. White, Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team)

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