'My father came back depressed and said there is no way to talk to them.' - The son of Afghan Mujahideen commander Ahmed Shah Massoud speaks to TRT World about his father's legacy and his own ambitions.
have all run pieces talking about his father’s legacy and how Afghanistan’s hopes now rest upon the younger Massoud.
As both the Afghan government and the US try to sit down and negotiate with the Taliban, Ahmad offers an insight few can compete with. He has first-hand knowledge about the negotiations between his father and the Taliban that few are aware of. The younger Massoud believes that once the Americans leave, it will be up to the Afghans to sit down and work out a viable governance system and that each faction must do so independently without foreign influence. “My father was to a power-sharing agreement but one that did not involve any outside interference and influence,” Ahmad tells TRT World.
There is no love lost between Ahmad and the armed movement that has led an 18-year-long campaign against the Afghan government. Ahmed Shah Massoud was one of the first people to warn Arab and Western intelligence agencies about the“These people shall return home one day to fight you, you must stop sending them to Afghanistan,” Ahmad recalls his father saying.
Ahmad believes that Muslims had traditionally not waged internecine warfare on religious grounds in Central Asia, instead they waged war based on power and money. “Education is a must for Afghanistan, at the moment the Massoud Foundation is looking at all sorts of issues, hospitals, mental health issues, sports sciences, and the combination of able mind and body,” he explains, adding.
Pakistan and specifically it's premier intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI, is often blamed for many of Afghanistan's ills by Afghans and the US. Ahmad has a more measured take on his country's neighbour. “NATO under Turkish leadership has had the best results in peacekeeping and conflict resolution. We would welcome an increased role for Turkey – the leadership role that Ankara can bring to Afghanistan is unique.”
There is prestige attached to getting Ahmad’s endorsement, given the respect and goodwill for his father’s achievements during the Soviet occupation. Two of his uncles, Ahmad Zia and Ahmad Wali Massoud have leadership ambitions and have backing from various regional powers.
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