Ahmad Massoud
Ahmad Massoud | |
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| احمد مسعود | |
| Leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan | |
| Assumed office 17 August 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1989 Warsaj District, Takhar Province, Republic of Afghanistan |
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| Alma mater | RMA Sandhurst King's College London City, University of London |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 2021–present |
| Commands | National Resistance Front of Afghanistan |
| Conflicts | War in Afghanistan Republican insurgency |
Ahmad Massoud (Dari: احمد مسعود, IPA: [ʔahmæd masʔuːd]; born July 10, 1989) is an Afghan politician who is the founder and leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan. He is the eldest son of prominent Afghan anti-Soviet military leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, and was appointed as the CEO of the Massoud Foundation in November 2016. On 5 September 2019, he was declared his father's successor at his mausoleum in the Panjshir Valley. After the Taliban seized control of Panjshir Valley on 6 September 2021, Massoud evacuated towards Tajikistan along with former Vice President Amrullah Saleh.
Massoud has since been leading the NRF operations from inside Tajikistan and participated in the Vienna conferences in working towards a democratic state in Afghanistan. The meetings brought together leading Afghan anti-Taliban figures, women's rights activists, and civil society representatives.