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Ousted Afghan president lived in a 5-star Abu Dhabi hotel after fleeing the Taliban, report says
Ashraf Ghani fled his country in August last year as the Taliban began to seize control of the capi…
Bill Bostock
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Last president of Afghanistan said he only had 2 minutes to decide whether to flee Kabul, and he didn't realize he was flying into exile until after takeoff
Afghanistan's last president, Ashraf Ghani, told the BBC Radio that he only had two minutes to deci…
Joshua Zitser
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Afghan embassy in DC took down images of former president who fled country, calling it a betrayal
The Afghan embassy in Washington, DC is running out of money, and its staff fear for their lives if…
John Haltiwanger
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Afghanistan's former president, who fled the day the Taliban entered Kabul, said he left because he thought it was the 'only way to keep the guns silent'
Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan on August 15, reportedly without even notifying some of his aides, fe…
Bill Bostock
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Biden and Afghan President Ghani spoke 3 weeks before the Taliban takeover, seemingly unaware that the country was about to fall, report says
The two leaders talked about managing international "perceptions" of Afghanistan in their final pho…
Tom Porter
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Taliban cofounder arrives in Kabul as the group seeks to form a new government
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who returned to Afghanistan for the first time in over a decade, will n…
John L. Dorman
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Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled country with only the clothes he was wearing, an official says
"We had received intelligence for over a year that the President would be killed in the event of a …
John L. Dorman
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Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani says he fled to avoid being hanged and vows to someday return
"I left with one shirt, one pants, one vest and one sandals," Ghani said, denying reports that he a…
Oma Seddiq
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Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said in May that the country's government could resist the Taliban 'forever' without US assistance
As the Taliban approached Kabul, Ghani fled the country by plane on Sunday and insurgents quickly t…
John L. Dorman
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Afghanistan's last president, Ashraf Ghani, rejects comparison to Ukraine's Zelenskyy, says he's 'lived an honorable life'
Former President Ashraf Ghani said he was neither corrupt nor a coward, rejecting blame for the Tal…
Charles R. Davis
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul so quickly fearing execution by the Taliban that aides who returned from a lunch break wondered where he'd gone
Ghani was told, falsely, that Taliban militants had entered the presidential palace and were search…
Tom Porter
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Afghan general says army was 'betrayed' by politics and blames Trump, Biden, and Afghan leaders for losing the war to the Taliban
The Afghan army has faced criticism for collapsing in the face of a Taliban offensive. Here's what …
Ryan Pickrell
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Phony images of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan are spreading online, from doctored CNN broadcasts to fake Twitter accounts
Numerous misleading videos and doctored photos purporting to show the current situation in Afghanis…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country as the Taliban closed in, turns up in the UAE
The whereabouts of former president Ashraf Ghani were unknown for days after he fled Kabul, leaving…
Rebecca Cohen
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A popular video purporting to show the Afghan president fleeing the Taliban is actually from last month
A video shared by multiple accounts across Facebook and Twitter falsely said that it showed the Afg…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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The Afghan Embassy in India sent out a tweet calling Afghan President Ashraf Ghani a 'traitor' who 'screwed and f---ed everything up'
In a now-deleted tweet, the official account of the Afghan Embassy said Ghani's legacy "will be a s…
Cheryl Teh
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan as Taliban fighters enter Kabul, reports say
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his immediate team have left Afghanistan for Tajikistan, accordin…
Joshua Zitser
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Afghan forces are going on the offensive against the Taliban after deadly attacks
The Afghan president said he is "ordering Afghan security forces to switch from an active defense m…
Ryan Pickrell
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A $12,000 writing set from Putin, a photo of Queen Elizabeth, and 5 other unusual presents Biden got from world leaders in 2021
The State Department released its annual accounting of gifts in 2021, offering insight into the pol…