The Russian Embassy in Kabul has said that Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as it would not fit in, the RIA news agency reports.<\/p>\n
Nikita Ishchenko, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Kabul, was quoted as saying by RIA: “Four cars were full of money, they tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not all of it fit. And some of the money was left lying on the tarmac.”<\/p>\n
Ischenko confirmed his comments to a global news wire, citing “witnesses” as the source of his information, Al Jazeera reported.<\/p>\n
Afghanistan Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi said in a tweet, in an apparent reference to Ghani and his associates, that they “tied our hands behind our backs and sold the homeland, damn the rich man and his gang.”<\/p>\n
Senior Afghan leader and Head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, had said in a video clip that Ghani has left Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
He said that Ghani left the people of Afghanistan in mess and misery and he will be judged by the nation.<\/p>\n
VOA reported that Ghani, along with his vice-president and other senior officials, flew out of the country yesterday (August 15), setting the stage for Taliban insurgents to regain power in Afghanistan, 20 years after a US-led military invasion ousted them.<\/p>\n
There was no comment from Ghani or his embattled administration in Kabul. In a recorded message on August 14, Ghani had told the nation that he was consulting with both national and international players on the situation which he called an “imposed war”.<\/p>\n
Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh, who is said to have accompanied Ghani and the others who left, in a tweet vowed not to bow to the Taliban, but he did not respond in the message to reports of him leaving the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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