translate English to French: In more than two decades he defeated an Afghan dictator (Muhamad Daoud) and then the mighty Red Army of the Soviet Union. For someone who escaped countless total encirclement situations by ultra-hardcore Soviet generals, fighting the black hordes of the almost Monty Pythonish Taliban could even be labeled a joke.
Le contraste le plus frappant entre l’Islam de Massoud et celui ultra dur des Talibans concernait la situation des femmes, sur ce point, il était aussi en pleine contradiction les autres commandants Mujahiddins.