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A year on, ex-Afghan leader defends role in Taliban takeover

August 14, 2022 by www.chron.com Leave a Comment

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 ISLAMABAD (AP) — On the eve of the anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan's former president on Sunday defended what he said was a split-second decision to flee, saying he wanted to avoid the humiliation of surrender to the insurgents. Ashraf Ghani also told CNN that on the morning of Aug. 15, 2021, with the Taliban at the gates of the Afghan capital, he was the last one at the presidential palace after his guards had disappeared. He said the defense minister told him earlier that day that Kabul could not be defended. Ghani had previously sought to justify his actions on the day Kabul fell, but offered more details Sunday. He alleged that one of the cooks in the palace had been offered $100,000 to poison him and that he felt his immediate environment was no longer safe. “The reason I left was because I did not want to give the Taliban and their supporters the … [Read more...] about A year on, ex-Afghan leader defends role in Taliban takeover

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