Ashraf Ghani

August 19, 2021

Left Afghanistan with one set of clothes, a vest, and sandals, says Ashraf Ghani amid rumors he fled with $169 million

Ghani posted a video on his Facebook page late on Wednesday, confirming that he was in the United Arab Emirates.

August 18, 2021
UAE welcomes Ashraf Ghani, family on 'humanitarian grounds'

Ghani fled Afghanistan just as the Taliban approached Kabul. Earlier, unconfirmed reports said that the 72-year-old had fled to Oman, Tajikistan, or Uzbekistan.
August 16, 2021
Afghan President Ghani fled with cars and helicopter full of cash: Reports

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.
August 15, 2021
Ashraf Ghani: departing Afghan president who failed to make peace with Taliban

First elected president in 2014, Ghani made effort to end decades of war his top priority, despite continuing attacks on his government and security forces by the Taliban, and began peace talks with the insurgents in the Qatari capital of Doha in 2020.
July 16, 2021
Afghan president expresses shock over killing of Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui

Afghan Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay said Siddiqui was killed in Kandahar on Thursday night while being on an assignment.
July 15, 2021
Jaishankar meets Afghan president in Tashkent

The meeting took place on the sidelines of a multilateral connectivity conference.
March 11, 2020
Column | India's support to the US-Taliban agreement: a leap into the dark

The presence of India's ambassador in Qatar to witness the agreement and the visit of our foreign secretary in Kabul to persuade Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to open a dialogue with Taliban marked a major shift in the Indian position.

December 22, 2019
Afghanistan's Ghani wins slim majority of presidential vote in preliminary results

Many Afghans fear a deeply flawed vote combined with bitter tensions between political camps could drive war-weary Afghanistan into deeper political instability.