Afghan President Fled Taliban… "Escaped with Huge Amount of Cash"

President Joe Biden (right) of the United States and President Ashraf Ghani (left) of Afghanistan [Image source=Yonhap News]

As the capital Kabul faced the threat of falling to the armed group Taliban, Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan (72), who immediately fled abroad, was testified to have carried an enormous amount of cash during his escape.

According to Sputnik News on the 16th (local time), Nikita Isenko, spokesperson for the Russian Embassy in Afghanistan, said, "When the government collapsed (the day before), Ghani fled with four cars full of money."

He added, "They tried to load the money onto the escape helicopter, but not all of it fit, so some had to be left on the runway."

In fact, after the Taliban took control of the entire country and surrounded Kabul, attempting to enter, President Ghani hurriedly fled abroad with his wife and aides. His destination is known to be Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

After fleeing, President Ghani later stated on Facebook, "The Taliban clearly expressed their intention to attack Kabul and overthrow me," and "I decided to leave to prevent a massacre."

Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation and Ghani’s rival, criticized him immediately after his escape, calling him the "former president" and saying that God would hold him accountable.

President Ghani, originally a cultural anthropologist and an expert in economics who worked at the World Bank and other institutions, returned after the Taliban regime was ousted by the United States following the September 11, 2001 attacks. He led reforms in Afghanistan and succeeded in his re-election in 2019.

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