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Ex-Afghan president Ghani refused questioning about 'stolen' cash

A Congressional oversight panel has spent the last year investigating allegations that more than $160 million was on helicopters that spirited Ghani away during the Taliban takeover of August 2021.

Ex-Afghan president claims he didn't know he was fleeing country as Taliban closed in

​The former president of Afghanistan has claimed he did not know he would be taken out of the country when security officials advised him to leave Kabul as Taliban forces...

Ashraf Ghani’s former bodyguard says he has tape of ex-prez stealing millions

Former Afghan president, Ashraf Ghan has denied that he left the country with $169 million – but his former head of bodyguards says the politician is a liar.

US 'looking into' ex-Afghan president Ghani 'walking off with millions' claims

Ashraf Ghani has been accused of stealing $169 million when he left Afghanistan as the Taliban neared Kabul. Inspector general, John Sopko said the US is looking into the claims.

Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani explains why he fled

Ashraf Ghani said he decided to leave at the urging of palace security officials who feared his presence could spark "horrific street to street fighting" like Kabul saw in the...

Letters to the Editor — Sept. 7, 2021

The Issue: President Biden’s appeal to Ashraf Ghani to diminish the truth about the Taliban’s power in July. The liar-in-chief outdid himself (“Joe’s call is impeachable,” Miranda Devine, Sept. 2)....

Joe Biden’s call to Afghan prez is impeachable: Devine

President Joe Biden’s ill-fated attempt to spin the perception of the Taliban’s advance on Afghanistan in a phone call with ex-president Ashraf Ghani is an impeachable offense, Miranda Devine writes.

6 lies Joe Biden told about Afghanistan

The Post Editorial Board brings the receipts on President Joe Biden's biggest lies on Afghanistan, the Taliban and his utter failure to evacuate Americans, reporters and Afghan allies.

Psaki refuses to discuss leaked Biden call with Ghani that shows he knew Afghan army was collapsing

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday refused to comment about the leaked phone call between President Biden and former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

Lindsey Graham claims White House lying about Americans left in Afghanistan

Sen. Lindsey Graham charged Tuesday that the Biden administration was not being truthful about several aspects of the evacuation of Afghanistan.

Taliban arrests top Afghan cleric who spoke out against insurgents

Maulvi Mohammad Sardar Zadran, the former head of the National Council of Religious Scholars of Afghanistan, was photographed with strip of brown material covering his eyes.

Taliban gave US chance to secure Kabul: report

As Taliban fighters retook the Afghan capital of Kabul in a lightening offensive earlier this month, insurgents offered to allow the U.S. to hold the city.

Inside luxe American lives of children of deposed Afghan president Ghani

Inside the luxe American lives of the adult son and daughter of the former Afghani president — including scholarships and jobs tied to billionaire George Soros.

GOP reps ask for probe of 'reckless and cowardly' ex-Afghan leader

Two Republican lawmakers are pushing for a federal probe into whether deposed Afghan president Ashraf Ghani “embezzled” millions in US aid for his personal use.

Exiled Afghan president’s children living luxurious lives in DC, Brooklyn

Both of Ashraf Ghani's kids live in luxury while women in their homeland live in terror about the return of the Taliban’s oppressive rule.

'We will never surrender': Inside the Afghanistan province that refuses to buckle to Taliban

The small, picturesque province of Panjshir at the foot of the lush Hindu Kush mountain range has become the last bulwark against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, who have seized the...

Runaway Afghan President Ashraf Ghani denies rumors he fled with load of cash

Runaway Afghan President Ashraf Ghani spoke publicly for the first time since he left his country in the hands of the Taliban -- and he denied reports that he fled...

Here's where Afghanistan's cowardly president has taken refuge

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who abandoned his country as the Taliban closed in, has taken refuge in the United Arab Emirates.

Exiled Afghan prez's daughter living artist life

The daughter of exiled Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was holed up inside her New York City loft after her dad abandoned the country to the Taliban.

Russia says Afghan president fled with 4 cars, chopper full of money

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country with four vehicles and a helicopter full of cash, the Russian embassy in Kabul said Monday.