Ahmad Masoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, said in a conversation with the British Spectator magazine that with the right support – in an “ideal” situation – he can destroy the Islamic Emirate of the Taliban and establish a democratic republic.
He said that “I am 100 percent sure that it is possible to defeat the Taliban.”
According to Masoud, the Taliban do not have the support of the majority of the Afghan people and will soon be defeated.
‘In the past 31 days, we have staged 31 attacks on Taliban, only in Kabul,’ Ahmad Massoud, the NRF leader, cheerily tells me from Tajikistan, where he directs his troops in exile.
‘We have not even had one person captured.’ The NRF’s latest hit, he says, was 500 metres from the presidential palace. With proper support – ideally western arms – he says he can destroy the country’s Islamic Emirate and install a democratic republic. ‘I’m 100 per cent sure it is possible to defeat the Taliban.’
Spectator magazine, quoting Masoud, wrote that the forces of this front, with “AK-47” weapons, target most of the Taliban checkpoints for guerrilla attacks.
On the other hand, this British magazine wrote that the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan has undertaken a “lobby” campaign with an office in Washington DC and friendly senators like Lindsey Graham in Congress.
