Only elections can lead Afghanistan out of political crisis, even if they legitimize Taliban rule, Afghan anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Massoud told a conference in Tajikistan on Wednesday.
Massoud, exiled leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, made a rare public appearance at an Afghanistan-focused event in Dushanbe with stronger-than-usual security measures at the venue.
Domestic, regional, and international consensus is needed to work out a general elections framework in Afghanistan, he said. Massoud did not clarify who should be elected in such a vote.
"Let the people decide for themselves which kind of government they want," Massoud said.
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