SecondThe day before Kabul fell into the Taliban, it is said that the former president of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Assure the US Secretary of State Anthony Brinken that he will “fight to death.” This is how Brinken described it to the television station CBS News on Monday. You can hear his contempt for the fleeing head of state. “Well, he will leave the next day,” Brinken said contemptuously.
In Afghanistan, Ghani is regarded by many as a traitor, even though the exact circumstances of his escape to the United Arab Emirates are disputed. Ghani denied allegations that he rushed to the airport in a car and a helicopter full of money.
He said in the exiled Facebook video that everything happened so fast that he didn’t even have enough time to take off his sandals and put on suitable shoes. He has repeatedly emphasized that he has been “taken out of the country.”
The Taliban allegedly wanted to hang him
A former adviser to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed doubts about this version. Barry Salam wrote on Twitter that Ghani applied for a passport with the State Department a few days before fleeing. “He knows exactly what he is going to do.” And: “He has humiliated the whole country without even being ashamed.”
The Afghan ambassador to Tajikistan accused Ghani of taking $169 million. A member of the Presidential Guard confirmed this in an interview. The ambassador did not disclose the basis for this information.this Taliban But they quoted it when they said that they found a million dollars scattered on the ground while occupying the presidential palace.
Ghani also said in the video that when his bodyguard warned him of a “grand plan,” he was on his way to the Ministry of Defense to coordinate a strike against the Taliban. The Taliban have entered the presidential palace. “They want to hang me in front of the Afghans,” he said—just like President Najibullah when the Taliban came to power in 1996.
No mention of the planned escape
The Interior Minister Masood Andarabi, who was fired by Ghani in March, told India Today: “The president is not under threat.” Members of the parliament were taken aback. However, Andarabi is an ally of Ghani’s opponent Abdullah Abdullah, and Abdullah Abdullah is currently negotiating power with the Taliban.
Andarabi said that only Ghani’s two closest advisers knew about these plans. It is said that they left the country with him and his wife. The deputy captain of the Presidential Guard has also personally arrived at the airport. However, he said that when the government’s chief negotiator, Masum Stanekzai, called on him to hand over the presidential palace to the Taliban, he had already turned around.
