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Afghanistan
Ghani Fled to Save His Life: Mohib
2021-12-17
[ToloNews] A former aid to ex-president Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, ex-president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. When Biden abandoned the country left with a helicopter, four cars, and part of the national treasury...
said that Ghani fled the country to save his life and rescue himself from being hanged.

The former national security adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, made the remarks in an interview with Radio Liberty. According to Mohib, the fall of the republic started after the US and the Islamic Emirate signed an agreement on February 29, 2020.

He said that Ghani’s fleeing was unexpected and that a delegation was set to visit Doha on the same day to reach an agreement with the "Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
" over a transition of power.

"We were preparing to travel to Doha to negotiate with the Taliban about convening a Loya Jirga (National Assembly) and about a transition of power," Mohib said.

Mohib said that he was living in the US but the president was still in the UAE. He suggested that Ghani will give his account at some point.

On August 15 Kabul fell to the forces of the Islamic Emirate.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#1  "He got the money, hey, you know he got away
He headed to Qatar and he's still running today
Singin'... go on take the money and run"
Posted by: Raj   2021-12-17 00:17  

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