The Russian embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, says former President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and took four cars and a helicopter full of money with him. He left a lot of money because he ran out of space. Was done
The British news agency Reuters quoted the Russian news agency RIA as saying that Nikita Ashenko, a spokeswoman for the Russian embassy in Kabul, said in a statement that Ashraf Ghani had fled with four cars full of money, in a helicopter. I also wanted to load a lot of money but it ran out of space so they left all this money on the road.
Nikita Ashenko has confirmed to Reuters that some of her sources have witnessed the money transfer, but Reuters says it cannot confirm the news from independent sources.
Zamir Kabulov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy to Afghanistan, had earlier said in a statement that he had no idea how much money the fleeing government would leave. "I hope the fleeing government did not take all the money from the national budget with me. I think Ashraf Ghani has left very little money behind."
