Weeks after fleeing Kabul, ousted President Ghani issues 'explanation' to Afghan people
"I owe the Afghan people an explanation for leaving Kabul abruptly on August 15 after Taliban unexpectedly entered the city," Ghani began, in a letter posted to his Twitter account that was written only in English.
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani attends a security meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan August 14, 2021.More than three weeks after fleeing Kabul by helicopter as the Taliban swept through the capital, former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued a statement late Wednesday in apology to his fellow countrymen.
Three days after his speedy departure and amid apocalyptic scenes of panic at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport as desperate Afghans tried to flee the country,, whose government confirmed it had welcomed him and his family on humanitarian grounds.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Afghan military translator for U.S. left behind anticipates getting beheaded by Taliban'Unfortunately we are left behind now,' the man, who is sheltering in a hotel with his family, said. 'No one heard our voice.'
Read more »
Afghan officer rescued from Kabul starts new life in U.S.The dramatic rescue in Afghanistan happened under the cover of darkness. The Taliban were closing in, and Americans were running out of time to save Mohammad Khalid Wardak. The high-profile Afghan national police officer spent years working alongside the U.S.
Read more »
Taliban name new Afghan government, interior minister on U.S. sanctions listThe Taliban named Mullah Hasan Akhund, an associate of the movement's late founder Mullah Omar, as head of Afghanistan's new government on Tuesday and Sirajuddin Haqqani, whose organization is on a U.S. terrorism list, as interior minister.
Read more »
Afghan universities welcome students in the new Taliban eraThe halls were strikingly empty on the first day of the university across Afghanistan as the students wrestle with the uncertainty and bleak future
Read more »
Women join protests on Afghan streets in defiance of Taliban ruleHundreds of Afghans, many of them women, have protested in Kabul, chanting slogans against neighboring Pakistan and expressing support for rebels in the last part of the country resisting Taliban rule.
Read more »
A U.S. Marine, a curious Afghan boy, an unfathomable momentOne day not long ago, I watched my soon-to-be 3-year-old son jump up and down to the sound of “ho” and “hey.” It’s a song by the Lumineers, an American folk-rock band. The lyrics and stomp reverberate throughout the kitchen and into the house.
Read more »