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A military helicopter carrying Afghan President Ashraf Ghani prepares to land near the parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan August 2, 2021.
Posted on 08/16/2021 4:57:08 PM PDT by rxsid
"Russia says Afghan president fled with cars and helicopter full of cash - RIA
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Russia's embassy in Kabul said on Monday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as it would not all fit in, the RIA news agency reported.
Ghani, whose current whereabouts are unknown, said he left Afghanistan on Sunday as the Taliban entered Kabul virtually unopposed. He said he wanted to avoid bloodshed. read more
Russia has said it will retain a diplomatic presence in Kabul and hopes to develop ties with the Taliban even as it says it is no rush to recognise them as the country's rulers and will closely observe their behaviour.
"As for the collapse of the (outgoing) regime, it is most eloquently characterised by the way Ghani fled Afghanistan," Nikita Ishchenko, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Kabul, was quoted as saying by RIA.
"Four cars were full of money, they tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not all of it fit. And some of the money was left lying on the tarmac," he was quoted as saying.
Ischenko, the Russian embassy spokesman, confirmed his comments to Reuters. He cited "witnesses" as the source of his information. Reuters could not independently confirm the veracity of his account immediately.
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Just like the last President
Now, there’s a real war leader for ya… He bails out and leaves his own people to die and get slaughtered. Yeah, I’d fight for that guy any day… Sure… uh huh… yeppers…
But it’s OK… He’s safe… That’s all that matters…
/s
As when the big boss was leaving Venezuela and taking his palace fortune with him, huge amounts of gold and silver bars weigh a lot.
The helicopter had to struggle to get higher altitude.
Yup. And of course, our “intelligence” agencies, the military “leadership” and Xiden “administration” had trust in this guy and his “army” to fight for their country. Instead, they folded like a cheap chadaree....and would have known they would looking through the pages of history.
Bkmk
“Take me to Monaco, Dubai, or Pittsburg!”
But it wasn’t pallets of cash like Obama delivered to Iran, was it? Just large amounts—say five or ten suitcases worth. And how did he fit four cars in the helicopter?
Por supuesto.
Yep.
He wanted to avoid his blood being shed.
I wonder if “The Big Guy” got his cut.
I thought there was a post earlier that he had arrived in D.C. Maybe that was why the Jill and Joe Clown show took six suitcases back to their vacation at Camp David.
—” five or ten suitcases worth.”
And he had so much cash that some was hanging out of the suitcase like dirty laundry for all to see?
No possible reasons for the Chinese or Ruskies to push any disinformation?
If it is on the news it must be true.
Bastard. A coward and a thief. He should be caught and handed over to the Taliban. Some leader……
What’s the range of a big helicopter?
Russia still has diplomatic presence in Afghanistan gee golly I wonder why?
Not surprised...
“When they touch down, we'll blow up the roof, they'll spend a month sifting through rubble, and by the time they work out what went wrong, we'll be sitting on a beach, earning twenty percent.”
“Yippee-ki-yay mother (insert bad word)”
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