On September 9, 2001, Ahmad Shah Massoud one of the most prominent Afghan rebel leaders who had fought the Soviets and the Taliban was killed when 3 Tunisian Al-Qaeda agents detonated a camera they had set up to interview him. The assassins had been waiting for 3 weeks to interview him and it almost didn't happen. They issued an ultimatum and Massoud accepted it.
But what if the interview doesn't happen and Massoud is not killed? The WTC 9/11 attacks almost surely still happen and NATO will probably attack Afghanistan. But Massoud will be there in the north. What are possible changes in the outcome of the postwar if Massoud survives? AFAIK he was committed to democracy for Afghanistan and would fight anyone (especially Pakistan) who stood in his way of achieving it.
But what if the interview doesn't happen and Massoud is not killed? The WTC 9/11 attacks almost surely still happen and NATO will probably attack Afghanistan. But Massoud will be there in the north. What are possible changes in the outcome of the postwar if Massoud survives? AFAIK he was committed to democracy for Afghanistan and would fight anyone (especially Pakistan) who stood in his way of achieving it.