Ahmad Massoud

Ahmad Massoud
Ahmad Massoud
احمد مسعود
	Massoud in 2019
Leader of the National Resistance Front
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 August 2021
Preceded by	Office established
Personal details
Born	10 July 1989; Warsaj District, Takhar Province, Republic of Afghanistan
Relations	Dost Muhammad Khan
Parents	Ahmad Shah Massoud (father); Sediqa Massoud (mother);
Alma mater	RMA Sandhurst; King's College London; City, University of London
Military service
Years of service	2021–present
Commands	National Resistance Front
Conflicts	War in Afghanistan; Republican insurgency;

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Ahmad Massoud (born 10 July 1989) is an Afghan politician and military leader who is the founder and leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) since 2021. He is the eldest child and only son of military commander Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Born to a Tajik Sunni Muslim family, Massoud was trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He launched his political movement in September 2019 opposing President Ashraf Ghani. Massoud was a staunch critic of the Afghan peace process between the Taliban and the United States, correctly predicting that it would result in the overthrow of the Islamic Republic by the Taliban in the future. After the fall of Kabul in 2021, Massoud formed the NRF in Panjshir and initiated the republican insurgency against the Taliban. After the Taliban seized control of Panjshir, Massoud evacuated towards Tajikistan and later relocated to France where he continues to lead NRF political activities.

A supporter of a decentralized Afghanistan, Massoud is considered the leading Afghan opposition figure to the Taliban. He has participated in several conferences in working towards a democratic state in Afghanistan and bringing together leading Afghan anti-Taliban leaders, women's rights activists, and civil society representatives.