Former Afghan President Ghani ran away with $169 m in helicopter to Dubai

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    FILE In this June 25, 2021 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is seated after his meeting with President Joe Biden in Washington. In an interview with The Associated Press Thursday, July 22, 2021, Suhail Shaheen, Afghan Taliban spokesman and a member of the Taliban negotiation team, said the insurgent movement does not want to monopolize power, but there won't be peace until there is a new, negotiated government in Kabul and Ghani is removed. Shaheen said women will be allowed to work, go to school, and participate in politics but will have to wear the hijab, or headscarf. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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    Ashraf Ghani has actually been given asylum on humanitarian premises in Dubai (Picture: AP)

    Afghanistan’s previous president ran away the nation in a helicopter with $169 million in money, it has actually emerged.

    Ashraf Ghani stated he left on Sunday night since he wished to prevent bloodshed, as the Taliban surrounded the capitalKabul

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    He has actually been provided asylum on humanitarian premises in Dubai, in the United ArabEmirates

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    Ghani attempted to fit as much as possible in the helicopter however needed to leave some behind on the tarmac as there wasn’t adequate space.

    He likewise took with him 4 cars and trucks packed with cash, according to a Russian embassy representative.

    Ghani apparently flew to Tajikistan, however was diverted to Oman after authorities declined authorization to land, prior to taking a trip on toDubai

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    epa09419097 (FILE) - Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani examines the guard of honor as he attends Eid al-Fitr prayers at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, 13 May 2021 (reissued 18 August 2021). Ther UAE government on 18 August 2021 said Afghan president Ghani was in Abu Dhabi Ghani left the Afghanistan on 15 August, as Taliban militants had reached the outskirts of Kabul. EPA/HEDAYATULLAH AMID

    Ghani needed to leave some money behind on the tarmac a there wasn’t adequate space, a Russian embassy spokesperson stated (Picture: EPA)

    At the time Russia stated it would keep a diplomatic existence in Kabul and establish ties with the Taliban, even if it hasn’t yet acknowledged the militant group as Afghanistan’s rulers.

    Nikita Ishchenko, a representative for the embassy, stated: ‘As for the collapse of the program, it is most eloquently characterised by the method Ghani ran away Afghanistan.

    ‘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’

    President Vladimir Putin’s unique agent on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov stated earlier it was uncertain just how much cash the leaving federal government would leave.

    He informed Moscow’s Moscow’s Ekho Moskvy radio station: ‘I hope the government that has fled did not take all the money from the state budget. It will be the bedrock of the budget if something is left.’

    The Afghanistan embassy in Tajikistan has actually asked Interpol cops to apprehend Ghani on charges of taking public wealth.

    It likewise implicated previous nationwide security advisor Hamdallah Mohib and senior political leader Fazal Mahmood Fazli of taking cash and required their arrest.

    In a quick declaration today, the UAE validated it has ‘welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds’.

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