National Resistance Front (NRF) in a statement on the 21st anniversary of the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, has emphasised on the fight against the Taliban. NRF has urged Afghan citizens and followers of Massoud, to politically and militarily fight against the Taliban.
NRF stressed that Massoud understood the extremist ideology of the Taliban and other international terrorist organisations and had always warned about the threats and dangers of such groups.
The Front, then, cited Massoud’s famous words, "Be it or not, the resistance continues”.
Ahmad Shah Masoud is considered one of the most prominent commanders of Guerrilla wars in the 20th century. He was able to defend his home, Panjshir Valley, against the attacks of the Soviet Red Army and later, resisted the Taliban in northern Afghanistan.
During the presidency of Hamid Karzai, the Afghan government had honoured Massoud with the "National Hero of Afghanistan" title.
Massoud was assassinated on September 9, 2001, by two Arab suicide bombers who had posed as journalists in Takhar province.
