Tag: Ashraf Ghani
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Taliban dissolve US-backed Human Rights Commission in Afghanistan
Taliban authorities dissolved the United States (US)-backed Human Rights Commission in Afghanistan and other five key departments on Monday as the country faces an economic crisis. The Afghan government’s spokesman Inamullah Samangani told Reuters, “These departments were not deemed necessary and were not included in the budget, they have been dissolved.” However, he added that…
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National Geographic’s green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ evacuated to Italy
National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed girl, Sharbat Gula, has been evacuated to Italy, the country’s Prime Minister (PM) Mario Draghi’s office announced on Tuesday, reports Reuters. The office said it had responded to pleas from non-profit organisations working in the war-torn country to help her leave and “travel to Italy as part of the wider…
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‘Ghani promised to fight till death but fled’: Antony Blinken
United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani promised to fight till death but when the Taliban came, he fled, reports Dawn. In a show, Blinken was asked if he had personally tried to persuade Ghani to stay in Kabul. To which he replied that he…
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‘I saw Afghan president escape with millions’: Ghani’s security chief has video proof of his alleged theft
A senior member of former President Ashraf Ghani’s security staff said on Sunday that he has video proof of Ghani’s alleged theft, reports Dawn. Brigadier General Piraz Ata Sharifi, who headed Ghani’s bodyguard, said in an interview that he not only saw huge bags of cash being transferred but also acquired a video clip from…
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‘Anti-Pakistan bill moved in US Senate to build pressure on President Biden’: Shah Mahmood
Reacting to the proposed bill moved in the United States (US) Senate, evaluating Pakistan’s alleged role in Afghanistan before and after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the Republicans submitted the bill to build pressure on US President Joe Biden. Qureshi, while speaking on Geo News programme…
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Pakistan gifted silk carpet worth $3,000 to Donald Trump in 2019
The United States (US) disclosed a list of gifts received by officials from foreign states and dignitaries, which included names of not only the president but also the vice president, senior advisors, secretaries, senators, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents, army officials, judges, and other workers of government departments, reported The News. A gift given to…
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‘I apologise to the Afghan people’: Ashraf Ghani
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, in a statement posted on Twitter, said: “It is with deep and profound regret that my own chapter ended in similar tragedy to my predecessors — without ensuring stability and prosperity. I apologise to the Afghan people that I could not make it end differently.” “Leaving Kabul was the most…
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US refuses to acknowledge claim that Pakistan involved in Taliban attack on Kabul
The United States (US) State Department distances itself from former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s claim that 10-15,000 Pakistanis had joined the Taliban attack on Kabul, reported Dawn. US State Department spokesperson Ned Price, when asked to comment on Ghani’s claim, said, “I’m just not in a position to comment on that, to confirm those reports.”…
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‘I am currently in talks to return to Afghanistan’: Ashraf Ghani
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has taken refuge in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Ghani left Afghanistan as the Taliban advanced on the capital city, Kabul, over the weekend. The UAE’s foreign ministry said the country has welcomed Ghani and his family on humanitarian grounds. In a video address later on Wednesday, Ghani denied fleeing and…
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Ashraf Ghani and family in UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday said that it had welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds. It still remains unclear whether Ghani flew directly to the UAE or was at another location since he left Kabul on Sunday. Ashraf left a note for his countrymen on social…