Afghanistan: President Ghani disappeared - Escape from Taliban in "helicopter full of money"?

Just when his country needs him most urgently, President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan - apparently with a “helicopter full of money”.

Kabul - Nobody still knows the exact whereabouts of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

After his escape last Sunday (August 15, 2021), various rumors emerged: Ghani is said to have fled to Tashkent, Uzbekistan or Tajikistan - according to the Reuters news agency, apparently with a "helicopter full of money".

“Four vehicles were full of money, they tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not everything fit in.

And some of the money stayed on the tarmac, ”said Nikita Ishchenko, spokesman for the Russian embassy in Kabul.

According to Ishenko, there are witnesses who can confirm the incident.

However, it is not known how much money Ghani left behind.

After Ashraf Ghani's escape: "He left Afghanistan at a difficult time"

According to two senior government officials, Ghani is believed to have left the country with his national security advisor Hamdullah Mohib, another close adviser and his wife Rula Ghani.

Ghani received numerous hateful comments for his escape, including from Afghan politicians and actors.

• “He left Afghanistan at a difficult time.

  May God

  hold

  him accountable. "(

  Abdullah Abdullah. Ghani's political rival)

• "They tied our hands behind our backs and sold the land." (

  Defense Minister Bismillah Chan Mohammadi)

• "He will go down as the dirtiest animal in the history of the country".

  (Singer Sedika Madadgar)

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Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan, during his inauguration ceremony in the Presidential Palace.

© Rahmat Gul / AP / dpa

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani: He tried to justify his act

Shortly after his escape, Ghani tried to justify himself and spoke up on his Facebook account: Apparently, the former president had found his act difficult.

In a post that is no longer available, he wrote that his sudden escape wanted to prevent bloodshed.

According to Ghani, the Taliban * threatened to overthrow him in the past and to accept bloodshed in the process.

Ghani stated that many Afghans would have been martyred if he had stayed in Afghanistan: "I decided to go to prevent this bloodshed."

After the Taliban took the presidential palace in Kabul last Sunday (August 15, 2021), the radical Islamist movement took control of Afghanistan.

(Ares Abasi)

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