The Washington Post has published an op-ed from Ahmad Massoud himself, which he says he wrote from the Panjshir Valley. The piece, which is
worth reading in its entirety, confirms the general plan, at least for the time being, to resist the Taliban and includes an appeal to the United States for support.
"I write from the Panjshir Valley today, ready to follow in my father’s footsteps, with mujahideen fighters who are prepared to once again take on the Taliban," Massoud writes. "We have stores of ammunition and arms that we have patiently collected since my father’s time, because we knew this day might come."
"If Taliban warlords launch an assault, they will of course face staunch resistance from us," he continues. "Yet we know that our military forces and logistics will not be sufficient. They will be rapidly depleted unless our friends in the West can find a way to supply us without delay."
"The United States and its allies have left the battlefield, but America can still be a 'great arsenal of democracy,' as Franklin D. Roosevelt said when coming to the aid of the beleaguered British before the U.S. entry into World War II," Massoud adds. "America and its democratic allies do not just have the fight against terrorism in common with Afghans. We now have a long history made up of shared ideals and struggles. There is still much that you can do to aid the cause of freedom. You are our only remaining hope."