Afghan President Ghani flees country as Taliban surrounds Kabul

[groundloop]

Source: AlJazeera

Afghanistan’s embattled president has left the country, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and signalling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.

Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the Afghan National Reconciliation Council, confirmed in an online video that President Ghani had left on Sunday.

“The former president of Afghanistan left Afghanistan, leaving the country in this difficult situation,” Abdullah said. “God should hold him accountable.”

Ghani flew out of the country, two officials told The Associated Press news agency, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to brief journalists. Local media reported that Ghani left for Tajikistan.

Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/15/afghan-president-ghani-flees-country-as-taliban-surrounds-kabul

[Devil Child]

1. And with that goes any chance of an "interim government."

Unconditional Taliban victory.

[dalton99a]

2. Time to enjoy his villa and his fat bank account

courtesy of U.S. taxpayers

[roamer65]

3. At least President Najibullah stuck around.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Najibullah

[LisaL]

4. That didn't end well for him.

NT

[generalbetrayus]

5. Well, that has to be inspirational

for what's left of the Afghan fighting forces.

[PSPS]

6. LOL. What "Afghan fighting forces?" They all ran away or immediately "surrendered" (switched sides)

The whole "Afghan government" enterprise was thoroughly corrupted from the beginning.

[Steelrolled]

7. I hope Biden knows enough to keep him out of the US.

We don't need that kind of problem.

[PlanetBev]

8. To quote Woody Allen in "Love and Death"

Ghani won the Men’s Freestyle Fleeing Contest. F.L.EA. Flea.

[Trueblue1968]

9. i think IF THE AFGAN PRES hadn't left, he'd be dead now. the Taliban terrorists would slaughter him

[yankee87]

10. What a waste of life

What a gigantic waste of life and money. Imagine the roads, schools, etc, that could have been built here in the USA. Redux, Vietnam.