Afghan President Ghani flees Kabul in helicopter stuffed with cash: Reports

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has fled the wartorn country aboard a helicopter stuffed with money but had to leave some cash as it could not be squeezed into the chopper according to Russian official media reports on MondayTaliban insurgents swept Kabul on Sunday after a sudden and unprecedented collapse of the USbacked Ghani government prompting the president to join fellow citizens and foreigners to leave the countryQuoting Russian embassy in Kabul Russian official news agency TASS reported that the 72yearold President fled Afghanistan aboard a helicopter packed with moneyAs for the reasons for the collapse of the regime they are characterised by how Ghani fled the country Four cars were packed with money and they tried to cram another bag of cash into the helicopter Not all the cash managed to squeeze in and some of the money was left lying on the airfield a mission employee was quoted as saying by the reportThough TASS did not name the mission employee quoting Russian diplomatic mission spokesperson Nikita Ishenko Russian wire service Sputnik reported that Ghani was escorted with cars filled with cash as he was fleeing KabulThey tried to put part of the money into a helicopter but everything did not fit And some of the money was left on the runway Ishenko saidIn his first comments after he left Afghanistan Ghani in a Facebook post on Sunday said he was faced with a hard choice between the armed Taliban who wanted to enter the Presidential Palace or leaving the dear country that I dedicated my life to protecting the past 20 yearsIf there were still countless countrymen martyred and they would face the destruction and destruction of Kabul city the result would have been a big human disaster in this six million city The Taliban have made it to remove me they are here to attack all Kabul and the people of Kabul In order to avoid the bleeding flood I thought it was best to get out he saidTaliban have won the judgement of sword and guns and now they are responsible for protecting the countrymens honour wealth and selfesteem Didnt they win the legitimacy of hearts Never in history has dry power given legitimacy to anyone and wont give it to them Ghani reportedly taking shelter in neighbouring Tajikistan saidAn academic and economist Ghani was the 14th President of Afghanistan He was first elected on September 20 2014 and was reelected in the September 28 2019 presidential electionThe Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 but following the September 11 2001 attacks on the United States the brutal regime of the militant group came to an end as they were removed from power by USled forces in 2001This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever