The triumphant victory of the Taliban only seems final. Right now, several military and political leaders of Afghanistan are gathering their forces to fight the Taliban. Who are these people, what regions and resources are behind them – and do they have a chance to defeat the religious fanatics who entered Kabul so easily?
The anti-Taliban militia suddenly had several "fathers"at once. It would seem that two days ago no one could have thought that someone would resist the "students".
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For example, one of the leaders of the anti-Taliban resistance, Ahmad Masoud, appealed to Western countries to help them with weapons. Ahmad Masud is the son of Ahmad Shah Masud, the lion of Panjshir, a long-term leader of resistance to Soviet troops in the north-east of Afghanistan, in the almost impregnable Panjshir Gorge.
"I implore the friends of Afghanistan in the West to stand up for us in Washington and New York, in Congress and the Biden administration. Stand up for us in London, where I graduated, and in Paris, where an alley in the garden on the Champs-Elysees was named after my father this spring. ..> We need more weapons, more ammunition and more equipment, " Masood said in a letter published in the Washington Post.
He said that the resistance units have stocks of ammunition and weapons, as well as weapons of Afghans who have responded to the call to join the resistance over the past 72 hours. There are soldiers of the Afghan regular army who were outraged by the surrender of their commanders, and former employees of the Afghan special forces. But, according to Masood, this is not enough. "You are our only remaining hope," Masoud concluded.
Ahmad Masood Jr. actually studied in the UK, at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, and then at the military faculty of King's College in London. He is a professional and is young enough (born in 1989) to be energetic and independent. He is charismatic and looks fantastically similar to his father, which greatly increases his popularity with the locals. He did not hold any official positions in occupied Afghanistan, but inherited practical power over the Pajshir Gorge from his father, who was killed by Al-Qaeda.
Ahmad Masood (photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail)
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