Martyrs' Day and Ahmad Shah Masoud Day in Afghanistan
Martyrs' Day and Ahmad Shah Masoud Day in Afghanistan is held on September 9. This event in the first decade of the month September is annual. 
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Martyrs' Day or Masood Day in Afghanistan was adopted by the country's National Assembly and has been observed since 2012 as "a new national holiday to honor the national hero Ahmad Shah Masood and those who died fighting for the country. Ahmad Shah Masood was an Afghan warlord from the Panjshir Valley. He was a leader of the Taliban and the resistance against the Soviet invasion. He was killed in a terrorist attack on September 9, 2001. The holiday is known as Haftai Shahid or "Martyrs' Week" and Masood Day.
Afghan culture is very collectivistic and people generally put their family's interests before their own. This means that family responsibilities tend to hold a greater importance than personal needs. Loyalty to one's family also generally supersedes any obligations to one's tribe or ethnicity.
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