Editing Mohammad Najibullah (section)

===Reactions===
News of Najibullah's murder was greeted with widespread international condemnation,<ref name="un-51/108">"[https://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/51/a51r108.htm Situation of human rights in Afghanistan]" United Nations Resolution 51/108, Article 10. 12 December 1996. Retrieved 15 June 2015 ''"Endorses the Special Rapporteur's condemnation of the abduction from United Nations premises of the former President of Afghanistan, Mr. Najibullah, and of his brother, and of their subsequent summary execution;"''</ref> particularly from the [[Muslim world]].<ref name="brother&brotherdead"/> The United Nations issued a statement which condemned the killing of Najibullah, and claimed that it would further destabilise Afghanistan. The Taliban responded by issuing death sentences on Dostum, Massoud and [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]].<ref name="brother&brotherdead"/> India, which had been supporting Najibullah, strongly condemned his killing and began to support Massoud's [[United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan|United Front/Northern Alliance]] in an attempt to contain the rise of the Taliban.<ref name="Pigott 54">Pigott, Peter. [https://archive.org/details/canadainafghanis0000pigo/page/54 <!-- quote=Mohammad Najibullah delhi. --> ''Canada in Afghanistan: The War So Far''.] Toronto: Dundurn Press Ltd, 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-55002-674-0}}. p. 54. – via Google Books</ref>

On the 20th anniversary of his death, in 2016, Afghanistan's Research Center blamed the ISI for his death, claiming that the plan to kill Najibullah was implemented by Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan/researchers-blame-pakistans-isi-death-ex-president-najibullah|title = Researchers Blame Pakistan's ISI for Death of Ex-President Najibullah}}</ref>

On 1 June 2020, following a visit to his grave in [[Gardez]] by the Afghan National Security Advisor [[Hamdullah Mohib]], Najibullah's widow [[Fatana Najib]] said that before constructing a mausoleum for him, the government should first investigate his assassination.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/pashto/afghanistan-52873294|title=فتانه نجیب: د قبر تر جوړېدو مخکې دې د نجیب د مرګ پلټنه وشي|newspaper=BBC News پښتو|language=ps|date=1 June 2020}}</ref> In 2021, during an interview with a [[Taliban]] commander on Afghan television, he denied that the Taliban were involved and blamed Najibullah’s assassination on the [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]].