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Ahmad Shah Massoud, "Lion of Panjshir" and leader of the Northern Alliance, was assassinated by Taliban suicide bombers on September 9, two days before the 9/11 attacks. What if the attack failed and he survived in good health to participate in Operation Enduring Freedom and then the establishment of the new Afghanistan, probably with him as its leader.