President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan as the Taliban swept into Kabul, but he has defended his decision to abandon the country as his government fell and U.S. forces pulled out.
Saboor Sakhizada and Fox News' Pete Hegseth discusses the 'troubling issues' that have emerged in Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrew all military presence in 2021This article is part of a Fox News Digital series examining the consequences of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan one year ago this week.
Rumors spread In the days after Ghani fled his country that he had landed in neighboring Tajikistan or Uzbekistan, but it was later revealed that he made his way to the United Arab Emirates and remains there in a house at an undisclosed location. Less that a month later, the former president again explained that he left Afghanistan to avoid heavy fighting in the nation's capital during an apology to the Afghan people.
A U.S. report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction would later find that there was a lack of evidence to support the claim that Ghani fled Afghanistan with millions of dollars, but did say it was likely he had about $500,000 on hand. In the months after his exit from Afghanistan and his social media statements, Ghani mostly kept a low profile. That changed earlier this month, with Ghani granting a rare"I did get on a plane because it became impossible to defend it," Ghani said during the interview, noting that he was told by his minister of defense that the country could no longer be defended and that the ministry had already been evacuated.
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