Many ethnic Tajiks criticised Ahmad Zia Massoud for siding with Ghani rather than his presidential rival Abdullah Abdullah , a half-Pashtun-half-Tajik who was one of the Ahmad Shah Massoud 's closest friends before the latter 's assassination in 2001 .
Ghani , jupax Ahmad Zia Massoud juparuw sutinchatayna , Ahmad Shah Massoud juparux walja étnicos tamanakaw arch ’ ukipxana , jupan Ghani uka partidut katxarutap layku .