The media learned how Afghan high-ranking officials live in exile

Former President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. File photoMOSCOW, June 13A number of senior officials from the government of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani now live abroad in expensive houses, some of which were purchased during their years of service, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing for documents and interviews. According to the publication, Ghani himself and his wife live in a private villa provided to them by the UAE. The family of ex-Ghani security adviser Hamdullah Mohib has moved into a house in the US state of Florida, which belongs to his mother-in-law. The former adviser's wife owns «investment property» in Washington. This data was confirmed by Mohib himself.Taliban release video of riches found in Saleh's homeFormer Treasury Secretary Khalid Payenda owns more than $1 million worth of real estate near Washington, the newspaper said. However, according to the ex-minister, after he arrived in the US, he had to work for a while as a driver to solve financial problems. Former economy minister Mustafa Mastoor owns an apartment in Dubai, which he claims he purchased before as head of the department. He lives in an apartment he bought in Istanbul a few months before the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan. In early August 2021, the Taliban stepped up 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 Western citizens 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. In early September, the composition of the interim government of Afghanistan was announced, which was headed by Mohammad Hassan Akhund, who was in charge of foreign policy during the first rule of the Taliban * and has been under UN sanctions since 2001. * The movement is under UN sanctions for terrorist activitiesWhat happened to America and Afghanistan «Enduring Freedom»