Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 15 Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said he fled Afghanistan a year ago to prevent the Taliban* from humiliating the country's president and forcing him to sign a document that would legitimize the new government. The Taliban * On August 15 last year, they entered Kabul, finally taking Afghanistan under control. Ghani, who then fled the country, was criticized for his sudden departure. The reason I left was because I did not want to give the Taliban * and their supporters the pleasure of once again humiliating the Afghan president and forcing him to sign a document on the legitimacy of the government. I was never afraid, «Ghani said in an interview with CNN .According to the former president of Afghanistan, initially he had no plans to leave the country. Ghani also responded negatively to a reporter's question about whether he had his passport with him when he left. He also denied reports that he fled with a large amount of money. In early August 2021, the Taliban* intensified their offensive against the Afghan government forces, entered Kabul on August 15 and the next day declared that the war was over. The last two weeks of August, from the Kabul airport, which was under the protection of the US military, there was a mass evacuation of citizens of Western countries and Afghans who collaborated with them. On the night of August 31, the US military left the Kabul airport, ending nearly 20 years of US military presence in Afghanistan. *The organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities. jpg» />The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Afghanistan will visit Moscow
