Afghan resistance leader warns attack on American soil ‘not a matter of if but when’
by Arpan Rai
May 01, 2024
4 minutes
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The leader of an armed resistance against the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan has warned the US and Europe about rising threats of attacks by terror outfits regrouping in the vacuum created by the pullout of American troops from the region.
Ahmad Massoud, the exiled leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan, claimed “an attack on US or European soil is very much possible now. It is not about a matter of if, it’s a matter of when”.
Mr Massoud, Ahmad Shah Massoud, cited the deadly rivalry between Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State and smaller factions mushrooming in Afghanistan to
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