NRF Rejects Seeking Support From Israel
The National Resistance Front (NRF) stated that the front’s leader did not give an interview to Israeli media outlets and stressed that he has not asked for Israel’s support.
Maariv, the Israeli newspaper, published an interview with Ahmad Massoud, the NRF leader, in which Massoud has apparently said that he welcomes the support of any country, including Israel, in the front’s war with the Taliban.
However, the National Resistance Front, in a statement on Wednesday said that "rumours in this regard are completely baseless and misleading”.
The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported that Mariv newspaper has published an exclusive interview with Massoud in which he said that he would be willing to work with Israel in a regional peace initiative.
According to Jerusalem Post, Massoud had said, “I think we should all act together for the advancement of humanity in the face of darkness, terrorism, and ignorance.”
It is not clear where and when this interview took place, but Ahmad Massoud had recently been on a trip to France.
Ali Maisam Nazary, the head of foreign relations of the National Resistance Front, told Afghanistan International on Tuesday that Ahmad Massoud did not give an interview to this Israeli publication.
