Born around 1973, Dashty was the nephew of Afghan politician,
Abdullah Abdullah, and a close associate of the family of the
Northern Alliance leader,
Ahmad Shah Massoud. He was with Massoud when the latter was killed by a suicide bombing on 9 September 2001. Dashty was badly wounded in the bombing. Beforehand, he had reportedly refused offers of a government post by the Taliban. Shortly before his death, he stated "If we die, history will write about us, as people who stood for their country till the end of the line". and defense analyst Babak Taghvaee, Dashty was killed by a
Pakistani drone strike during the fighting. NRF officials seconded these claims, specifying that Dashty had been killed by a Pakistani drone strike at Anaba. Pakistan and the Taliban denied this, with the latter eventually claiming that Dashy had been shot during a clash between NRF commanders. Reportedly BBC Persian, in an interview with Dashty, leaked a number leading to his location. After his death, former colleagues, associates, and organizations like the ANJU, Afghanistan Independent Journalists' Association (AIJA), and the
International Federation of Journalists released
eulogies in his honor. ==References==