Massoud, who is the son of the legendary resistance leader known as the "Lion of Panjshir," Ahmad Shah Massoud, has expressed grave concerns about the escalating threat of terrorism in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in August 2021.
The abrupt exit of the U.S. has created a vacuum that is now being exploited by extremists, according to Massoud. He warns that it is "very possible" that these radical elements will now attempt to strike America or Europe. The Biden administration's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, he argues, was the final blow that paved the way for the return of the radical Islamists, who are now pushing the country back into the dark ages.
Massoud, who holds a degree in war studies from King's College, London, has a stark message for the U.S. and foreign forces who left Afghanistan: Ignore the country at your peril. The head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan has observed a significant surge in terrorist activity and recruitment since the chaotic evacuation from Kabul International Airport.
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In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Massoud stated, "An attack on U.S. or European soil is very much possible now. It is not about a matter of if, it's a matter of when." He further noted that the current situation mirrors the intense rivalry between terrorist factions that was prevalent in the lead-up to the 9/11 attacks.
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Massoud's memoir, In the Name of my Father: Struggling for Freedom in Afghanistan, is set to be released soon. In it, he describes the sense of abandonment and despair felt by his people. The Afghan populace, left to fend for themselves against a brutal regime, now views the West as "hypocrites."
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The foreign forces that once advocated for democracy have left the Afghan people at the mercy of a government that has banned girls from attending school and has brutally suppressed women who dared to protest their abuses. Massoud's resistance is the last bastion of hope, but it is in dire need of support.
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Massoud believes that President Joe Biden needs to reassess his Afghanistan policy, or it could have far-reaching consequences. The problems he faces in challenging the legitimacy of the Taliban government can be traced back to the peace deal signed by Donald Trump’s administration in February 2020.
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As the withdrawal date in August 2021 loomed, Massoud warned the U.S. of the catastrophic consequences if no conditions were imposed on the Taliban. His warnings fell on deaf ears, and two decades of progress in improving the lives of the Afghan people unraveled in a matter of days.
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Massoud's life was irrevocably altered on September 9, 2001, when his father was assassinated by Al Qaeda. Two days later, the world was forever changed when the Twin Towers fell. Despite being a child at the time, Massoud's future in the resistance movement was already evident.
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As Afghanistan became the epicenter of the War on Terror and the international manhunt for Osama Bin Laden, Massoud followed in the footsteps of his legendary father, the Lion of Panjshir. He is committed to liberating Afghanistan through diplomacy and a guerrilla warfare operation based in their stronghold in Panjshir, north of the capital, Kabul.
Massoud, who was educated in London, has led mujahideen fighters who have spent decades battling the Taliban and other terrorist factions. He has also urged the international community not to recognize the Taliban government. The rapidity with which they seized control shocked the world and hastened the departure of foreign forces.
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Massoud, however, saw it coming and had even warned the U.S. of the impending calamity. He believes that anyone who thinks the hardline Islamist group has changed is deluding themselves, and those who believe they can govern a population subjected to years of poverty are equally misguided.
When the Taliban returned to power for the first time since 2001, the majority of the population struggled to find enough money to eat. Massoud began working on his memoir while still in Panjshir, fearing that he might have to make the ultimate sacrifice if the enemy arrived. His memoir, In the Name of my Father: Struggling for Freedom in Afghanistan, which will be released on Tuesday, April 30, outlines a rational vision for a country free from radical Islam and terror groups.
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The resistance is now almost entirely alone, as Western forces have turned their backs on a country ravaged by war. First, it was the Soviet Union, where his father was a powerful guerilla commander of the resistance during the occupation between 1979 and 1989. Then it was the US-led invasion. Now, the nation’s starving people are under Taliban rule.
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The population has been sent back in time. Women’s rights have been stripped away, and girls are no longer allowed to attend school. Just last week, two TV networks were suspended because, according to the government, they failed to sufficiently promote Islamic values. The crackdown has been widespread and shows no signs of abating as long as the Taliban remain in power and are given legitimacy on the world stage.
Countries like China have reestablished diplomatic relations with the Taliban and initiated trade partnerships. Massoud fled to Tajikistan in September 2021 when the Taliban seized control of the Panjshir Valley. A year earlier, he had formed the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan and warned of a civil war if a new power-sharing agreement with the Taliban was not reached.
Now, his resistance movement boasts thousands of fighters who have clashed with the regime across the country, including in the capital, Kabul. Over the past three years, he has been moving around the world for security reasons, leading the resistance movement from outside Afghanistan. Their numbers have grown as resentment for the Taliban has increased. They have ammunition and are recruiting more soldiers, including Afghan Special Forces commandos who fought alongside western forces.
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However, their opponents are well-equipped and still have access to the billions of dollars in weapons left behind when foreign forces departed two years ago. Massoud is confident that if the Taliban launched an assault, they would be able to mount a robust response. But they still need help, especially from the allies who abruptly left after two decades of constant presence.
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The Taliban are also receiving as much as $60 million a week from countries like the U.S. and Japan through the United Nations. While the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated, the world has shifted its focus to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Massoud understands that the West may feel it has more pressing matters to attend to. But if Afghanistan remains completely abandoned, it won’t just be a disaster for his country but could have global implications.
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Massoud told DailyMail.com that the threat of terrorism is rising in the vacuum created by the withdrawal and the subsequent peace deal. ‘The political situation is helping the Taliban massively. From Ukraine to the war on Gaza and, and many other things happening around the globe. It helps the fatigue (from the West) when they are busy elsewhere,’ he said.
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He further stated, ‘There is a numbness in the West. They are forgetting about what's happening in Afghanistan. If we received a fraction of support that Ukraine is receiving, or any other country, the Taliban would not be able to stand against us. At least a quarter of Afghanistan would be liberated within months. Just the way that we were very much right and accurate with predicting the fall of a Kabul in Afghanistan.’
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Massoud is urging the world to take notice of what is happening to the women in Afghanistan and how any semblance of democracy is being eroded. He says the Taliban are robbing Afghan people of their basic human rights, and the resistance is a desperate effort to reclaim them. There is growing bitterness towards the Taliban, but the Afghan people ‘feel hopeless, lonely, and completely empty-handed,’ Massoud says.
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He believes the best course of action is to resist militarily. ‘We cannot give in to their forceful occupation. We need to stand against it. That's what we are doing.’ The resistance started in one province and has now spread to 17 across the country. But the place where they are having the most success, Massoud says, is in Kabul.
‘This is where we are hitting them the hardest. It shows our presence. We are having successes on a daily basis and we are becoming very successful in our tactics. We were to even get as close as 500 meters to the Taliban headquarters’. They have vowed to put special forces in urban areas and have frequently attacked Taliban checkpoints. The Front said they killed seven members of the Taliban in an attack in front of the Serena Hotel, near the Presidential Palace. None of their members were hurt.
Massoud insists that more Western boots on the ground is the last thing Afghanistan needs to defeat the Taliban. Military intervention has failed. The withdrawal of NATO allies after 20 years sparked the rapid return to the society Afghan people had fought so hard to leave behind. But completely forgetting about Afghanistan is ‘wrong’ and will have far-reaching consequences that have already reared their ugly heads.
While there has already been a surge in terror attacks inside Afghanistan, there has also been a rise outside its borders. The mass shooting at the Moscow concert hall that killed 130 people in March was carried out by ISIS-K (Islamic State Khorasan), a terror group that has already slaughtered thousands in Afghanistan.
The group launched dozens of attacks in the buildup to the collapse of the Afghanistan government in August 2021. But their most notorious was a suicide blast at Kabul International Airport when thousands of desperate Afghans were trying to flee on evacuation flights. Thirteen American service members and hundreds of civilians were killed. The operative who detonated the explosive was an ISIS militant who was freed from prison by the Taliban.
Former head of U.S. Central Command General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr has warned that the threat from the Islamic State has grown since American forces left, and the desire to attack the U.S. is getting stronger. Massaoud says the world just wants to bury their hands in the sand when it comes to Afghanistan.
‘If the world doesn't pay attention, it can be a breeding ground for terrorism,’ he says. ‘In the past two years, with such actions, with such numbness from the West, the terrorism and Afghanistan has been heavily breeding. They are expanding and they're recruiting. They are recruiting more and more people inside Afghanistan to be foot soldiers for many other terrorist groups. Not just the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and Daesh (The Islamic State) but for many other groups. An attack on US or European soil is very much possible now. It is not about a matter of if, it's a matter of when.’
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