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Meeting Ahmad Massoud, the Sandhurst graduate taking on the Taliban

The Sandhurst graduate taking on the Taliban

28 August 2021

9:00 AM

28 August 2021

9:00 AM

The Taliban do not yet control all of Afghanistan. As most of the country fell to the Islamic militant group with terrifying speed, Panjshir valley, about 100 miles north of Kabul, leading deep into the Hindu Kush mountains, remained unconquered. It is now the last province beyond the Taliban’s control.

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John Casey is a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

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