Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Tanya GoudSouzian
“From an undisclosed location in Central Asia, Ahmad Massoud leads the only armed opposition movement against the Taliban under the banner of the the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan. The Iranian-educated and Sandhurst-trained son of a fallen Afghan hero, he was only 11-years-old when his father Ahmad Shah Massoud was assassinated by Al Qaeda operatives disguised as journalists on September 9, 2001. Many view the assassination of the iconic ‘Lion of Panjshir’ as linked to the tragic events of 9/11 that followed two days later.” (09/10/24)