He spoke about this in an interview with CBS.

According to him, he personally spoke with the president the day before the fall of Kabul.

“He convinced me that he intended, as he put it, to face death.

Well, the next day he was gone, ”Blinken said.

As CBS clarifies, during the conversation, the US Secretary of State made a reservation and mentioned his predecessor Karzai instead of Ghani.

Later, the State Department explained that Blinken made a slip of the tongue and was talking about the escaped Ghani.

Earlier, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said that Ghani is no longer a significant political figure at home.

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 "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.