“The former president, Ashraf Ghani flees and left Afghanistan in this difficult situation. God should hold him accountable”. Abdullah Abdullah said
Highlights By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
1. “The former president, Ashraf Ghani flees and left Afghanistan in this difficult situation. God should hold him accountable”. Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation said
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3. As the Taliban closed in on Kabul, President Ghani flew out of the country. Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the Afghan National Reconciliation Council, said: “The former president, Ashraf Ghani flees and left Afghanistan, leaving the country in this difficult situation. God should hold him accountable.”
4. Afghans fearing that the Taliban could reimpose the kind of brutal rule that eliminated women’s rights rushed to leave the country;
5. Though the Taliban promised a peaceful transition, the US embassy suspended operations and warned Americans late in the day to shelter in place and not try to get to the airport.
6. As the Taliban closed in on Kabul, President Ghani flew out of the country. Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the Afghan National Reconciliation Council, said: “The former president, Ashraf Ghani flees and left Afghanistan, leaving the country in this difficult situation. God should hold him accountable.”
7. Afghans fearing that the Taliban could reimpose the kind of brutal rule that eliminated women’s rights rushed to leave the country, lining up at cash machines to withdraw their life savings. The desperately poor who had left homes in the countryside for the presumed safety of the capital remained in parks and open spaces throughout the city.
8. Though the Taliban promised a peaceful transition, the US embassy suspended operations and warned Americans late in the day to shelter in place and not try to get to the airport. Commercial flights were suspended for some time after sporadic gunfire erupted at the airport, according to two senior US military officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing operations. Evacuations continued on military flights”: EXTRACTS FROM DAWN:
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First Posted On: August 16, 2021, 13: 17 IST
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