Ashraf Ghani releases video, first since fleeing Kabul

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday defended his determination to flee Kabul within the face of the Taliban advance, describing it as the one method to forestall bloodshed.
He additionally denied claims by his nation’s ambassador to Tajikistan that he had stolen tens of millions of {dollars} from state funds.
Ghani posted a video on his Facebook web page late on Wednesday, confirming that he was within the United Arab Emirates.

He thanked Afghan safety forces in his message, but in addition mentioned that the “failure of the peace process” led to the Taliban snatching energy.

He additionally not directly tried to quash an accusation by Afghanistan’s ambassador to Tajikistan that he had stolen USD 169 million from state funds.
He claimed that he was “forced to leave Afghanistan with one set of traditional clothes, a vest and the sandals I was wearing”.

“Accusations were charged in these days that money was transferred, these accusations are fully baseless,” he mentioned.
Ghani left Afghanistan on Sunday simply because the Taliban approached Kabul.