The former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani gave his first interview since fleeing Kabul when it fell to the Taliban in August. Ghani told the BBC he was pressured into fleeing Kabul by helicopter by his ‘terrified’ national security adviser and the commander of the collapsing presidential security detail.
‘They said the PPS [presidential protection service] has collapsed, [and] if I take a stand they will all be killed,’ Ghani said. ‘He did not give me more than two minutes’
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Source: The Guardian