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Ahmad Shakh Masood, leader of the Nothern alliance which is fighting against Taliban militants in Afghanistan, poses for a photograph in an undated photo in Moscow, Russia. According to IRNA reports Masood is presumed dead. Masood's death has also been officially confirmed for the first time by representatives of the Afghan opposition September 15, 2001 in Teheran, who did not give the date of his death. (KEYSTONE/ITAR-TASS/Sr) === ===