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The
Russian embassy in Kabul
said on Monday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with
four cars and a helicopter full of money
, and would have even had to leave money behind because he could not carry everything, according to the agency. of RIA news.
Ghani, whose current whereabouts are unknown
, said he left Afghanistan on Sunday when the Taliban entered Kabul, virtually unopposed, and said he intended to prevent bloodshed.
"As for the collapse of the [outgoing] regime, it is characterized very eloquently by the way in which Ghani fled Afghanistan," said
Nikita Ishchenko,
spokesman for the Russian embassy in Kabul, in statements collected by RIA.
"Four cars were full of money, they tried to put another part in a helicopter, but not everything fit. And the rest was thrown on the track," he said.
Ischenko, a spokesman for the Russian embassy, confirmed his comments to Reuters.
He cited "witnesses" as the source of his information.
Reuters could not independently confirm the veracity of his accusation.
President Vladimir Putin's senior representative in Afghanistan,
Zamir Kabulov
, had previously commented that it was unclear how much money the outgoing government would leave
behind
.
"I hope that the government that has fled has not taken all the money from the state budget. It will be the cornerstone of the budget if there is anything left," Kabulov told
Moscow's
Ekho Moskvy
radio station
.
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