WI: Ahmad Shah Massoud survives?

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So I'll admit that beyond somewhat in depth coverage by Rachel Maddow, I don't know much about the situation in Afghanistan. But I found this guy, Ahmad Shah Massoud, and he seems like a fairly decent chap. What if he survives his OTL assassination unscathed, and lives to the present day? What happens to Afghanistan if he and his forces keep on going?
 
So I'll admit that beyond somewhat in depth coverage by Rachel Maddow, I don't know much about the situation in Afghanistan. But I found this guy, Ahmad Shah Massoud, and he seems like a fairly decent chap. What if he survives his OTL assassination unscathed, and lives to the present day? What happens to Afghanistan if he and his forces keep on going?

Afghanistan is a much better place. This guy was really one of the last hopes for a peaceful outcome to Afghanistan. He'd have been the face of peace in the Middle East, and portrayed in the media as the Jesus to Bin Laden's Satan.
 
Afghanistan would be better off. Karzai would still be President however because he's Pashtun, or if we're lucky, Abdullah Abdullah. Massoud would be Defense Minister again probably.
 
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