Ahmad Massoud
Ahmad Massoud | |
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| Born | July 10, 1989 |
| Alma mater | King's College London University of London |
| Occupation | CEO of Massoud Foundation |
| Years active | 2009–present |
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Ahmad Massoud (Dari Persian: احمد مسعود born July 10, 1989)[1] is an Afghan politician, the son of anti-Soviet military leader Ahmad Shah Massoud. He was appointed as the Massoud Foundation's CEO in November 2016.[2] On September 5, 2019, he was declared his father's successor at his mausoleum in the Panjshir Valley.[3]
Early life and education
Ahmad Massoud was born on 10 July 1989 in Piyu in the province of Takhar in North-East Afghanistan.[4]
After finishing his secondary school education in Iran, Massoud spent a year on a military course at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[5] In 2012, he commenced an undergraduate degree in War Studies at the King's College, London where obtained his bachelor's degree in 2015. He obtained his master's degree in International Politics from the City, University of London in 2016.[6][7][8]
Career
Massoud returned to Afghanistan and was appointed CEO of the Massoud Foundation in 2016.[9][10]
Since March 2019, Massoud has officially entered politics.[11][12][13][14]
He has endorsed his father's idea of a Swiss model for internal power-relations in Afghanistan, saying that the decentralization of government and the de-concentration of power from Kabul would give a more efficient allocation of resources and authority to provinces in the country, thereby bringing prosperity and stability to the country as a whole.[15][16][17]
Amid Taliban military advances in 2021, Massoud assembled a coalition of ethnic militias in northern Afghanistan called the Second Resistance.[18] After the surrender of Kabul, he joined First Vice President Amrullah Saleh in rejecting Taliban rule.
See also
References
- ^ "Database". www.afghan-bios.info.
- ^ "گفت و گو با فرزند احمدشاه مسعود؛ "عملیات ما برای ادبیاتمان است"". February 24, 2014.
- ^ "Ahmad Massoud Declared As His Father's Successor". TOLOnews.
- ^ Pariani, Nazari. "روایتِ احمد مسعود از احمدشاه مسعود" [Ahmad Massoud's account of Ahmad Shah Massoud]. Mandegar Daily (in Persian). Archived from the original on September 10, 2016.
- ^ "Son of slain Afghan resistance hero Ahmad Shah Massoud enters political fray". 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Son of famed Afghan commander Massoud steps into spotlight". The Straits Times. August 28, 2019.
- ^ Anne Chaon (2016-09-01). "Lion of Panjshir's son ready to take up his Afghan destiny". Yahoo.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
- ^ AFP (2016-09-01). "Lion of Panjshir: Ahmad Shah Masood's son ready to take up his Afghan destiny - The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
- ^ "My father was the first to negotiate with the Taliban". My father was the first to negotiate with the Taliban.
- ^ Malejacq, Romain (January 15, 2020). Warlord Survival: The Delusion of State Building in Afghanistan. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501746437 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Heir to Lion of Panjshir returns to reunite his father's followers" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ Meuse, Alison Tahmizian (September 5, 2019). "Afghanistan: Ahmad Massoud seizes father's torch". Asia Times.
- ^ "Taliban seeks to share power in Afghanistan's government, but will ethnic groups approve?". PBS NewsHour. December 14, 2019.
- ^ Glasse, Jennifer (September 11, 2019). "Son of famed Afghan resistance fighter launches new political movement". CBC.
- ^ "Ahmad Massoud: Decentralization is the Solution". 3 July 2020.
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{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Zucchino, Fatima; Fazi (June 24, 2021). "Attacked and Vulnerable, Some Afghans Are Forming Their Own Armies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-08-17.