Afghan Resistance Leaders, Long Backed by CIA, Have Fled Following Taliban TakeoverAhmad Massoud, son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, at the Massoud Foundation on September 15, 2019 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: Reza/Getty Images The son of Afghanistan’s most celebrated anti-Taliban resistance leader has escaped into neighboring Tajikistan, less than a month after vowing to defend his homeland “no matter what happens.” Ahmad Massoud, son of the late Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Ma
