'Don’t need permission to enter own country': Afghan resistance leader rejects Taliban’s ‘safe passage’ offer
India Today
Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front in Afghanistan, rejected the Taliban government’s offer of safe passage to the country on the grounds that he does not need permission to enter his own country.
Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front in Afghanistan’s Panjshir, has rejected the Taliban government’s offer of safe passage to the country. He rejected the offer on the grounds that he does not need permission from the Taliban to enter his own country.
On Tuesday, Ahmad Massoud, warlord Ismail Khan and Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met in Iran’s Tehran. The meeting was the first rendezvous between the Taliban and their opponents since the militant group’s takeover of the country last year.
