The Guardian: Afghan civil war ‘unavoidable’ if Taliban refuse talks, says opposition leader
Ahmad Massoud issues warning as militant group seeks to assert control around Kabul airport
One of the main figures still leading Afghan opposition to the Taliban’s takeover of the country, Ahmad Massoud, has warned that a new civil war is inevitable without a comprehensive power-sharing agreement.
Massoud, the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who opposed the Taliban in the 1990s and was assassinated two days before 9/11 in 2001, told the Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV channel that war was “unavoidable” if the Taliban refused dialogue.
“We confronted the Soviet Union, and we will be able to confront the Taliban,” he said. Massoud, who is the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, has set up base in the Panjshir valley, north of Kabul, where the former vice-president Amrullah Saleh has also taken refuge.
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WNU Editor: The Taliban have a long history of not accommodating or seeking a compromise with the other side.
And forget about forming a coalition.
If I was a betting man I would put my money on another civil war.
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Will any group be strong enough to even call it a war? I don't know honestly.
The Taliban are strong enough.
As for the opposition, the question is whether there are any forces left to join it outside of Panjshir. And if so, what were they doing all this time?
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