Ghani is in the UAE, Interpol to arrest him, asked Defense Minister Mohammadi
During his escape from Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani took $ 169 million from the treasury with him, the country’s ambassador to Tajikistan, Muhammad Zohir Agbar, told a news conference in Dushanbe, RIA Novosti reported. He said Gani’s actions were “a betrayal of the state and the nation”.
Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi called on Interpol on Twitter to arrest Ghani for treason. “Traders and traitors must be arrested and punished,” Mohama wrote, adding the hashtag “Interpol, arrest Ghani” to his tweet.
#InterpolArrest_Ghani
The patriot and trader must be arrested and punished.– General Bismillah Mohammadi (@Muham_madi1) August 18, 2021
It has been known for two days that during his desertion from Kabul, the 72-year-old head of state stole a large sum of money, so much so that four cars were stuffed with banknotes. Some of the money did not fit on board the helicopter and remained at the airport. This was told to RIA Novosti by a source at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kabul.
“As for the collapse of the regime, it is most eloquently characterized by the way Ghani fled Afghanistan: with four cars crammed with money, another part of the money was tried to cram into the helicopter, but not everything worked out. “And some of the money is left lying on the runway,” the press secretary of the diplomatic mission Nikita Ishchenko was quoted as saying by the media.
The seized state funds also caused the Afghan embassy in Tajikistan to call on Interpol to join the search for the deserted president and arrest him for embezzling state funds, TOLOnews TV reported today, quoted by TASS.
The diplomatic mission has made similar requests for the detention of former national security adviser Hamdullah Mohib and former head of the presidential administration, Fazli Mahmoud Fazli. According to the embassy, this will help return stolen funds to Afghanistan.
And where did the fugitive president himself hide?
Ashraf Ghani is located in the capital of the United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi, according to the Twitter account of Kabul News. This was announced by CNN, and was later officially confirmed.
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Ashraf Ghani and his family are in the country. They clarify that the authorities have received the Afghan president and his relatives as an expression of a humanitarian act.
At the same time, allegations were made that the fugitive former president was in Uzbekistan, reports lenta.ru, citing information from his bodyguard. The “abdicated” ruler left his homeland with his wife Rula and two of his closest advisers, his bodyguards said. Various sources also reported that Ghani had flown to Oman or Tajikistan.
The former president left the country as soon as the Taliban took control of the country on August 15th. Ghani explained that she was leaving to avoid bloodshed. Meanwhile, the former Afghan government has sought temporary asylum in Qatar.
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