Resistance leader Massoud sees "opportunity for success" in Afghanistan

The leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan Ahmad Massoud has called on the international community to help deliver a new future for his country, saying there is now a unique opportunity to bring about change.

Massoud, the son of famed resistance fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud, says the Taliban movement is weakened by internal divisions and its inability to govern effectively. And he says the absence of foreign troops in the country has created a chance for Afghanistan to a new beginning.

"Countries, which were against the presence of American international forces in Afghanistan, and for that reason supported the Taliban, are not doing so now," he told Euronews correspondent Anelise Borges in the Global Conversation. "So, therefore, this is an opportunity that can lead to success."

He said in the interview in Vienna that the world "must stand firm against the Taliban" by engaging with all parties in Afghanistan.

"Above all, the people, the new generation, and especially women, they don’t want the situation to continue," he said. "So we will prevail, we will succeed, but we need the world's attention and support now, before it becomes too late."

ANELISE BORGES, Euronews: As we speak today, your country has gone through seismic changes - after 20 years of foreign troops' presence, Afghanistan is now once again in the hands of the Taliban. Your life has been upended: your province, Panjshir, has officially been taken by the Taliban. Do you remember where you were on August 15, 2021? What were you doing that day?

AHMAD MASSOUD, Leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan: I was in Kabul. I stayed in Kabul until the very last moments. I stayed in Kabul and many people stayed in Kabul with one hope: despite