When Ashraf Ghani left the country, he took 4 vehicles full of money, helicopters, Russian embassy

 When Ashraf Ghani left the country, he took 4 vehicles full of money, helicopters, Russian embassy

The Russian embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has said that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani left the country with four cars full of money and a helicopter, leaving behind some money because there was no space left.

According to the British news agency 'Reuters', this statement of the Russian embassy was reported by the Russian state news agency RIA.

According to the report, Nikita Ishenko, a spokeswoman for the Russian embassy in Kabul, said: "As far as the overthrow of the (outgoing) government of Afghanistan is concerned, this is very clear from the way Ashraf Ghani left Afghanistan."
"Four vehicles were full of money. They put a part of the money in the helicopter but there was no space left and they left the rest there," the spokesman said.

Russian embassy spokeswoman Nikita Ishenko confirmed the statement to Reuters, saying she had been informed by "eyewitnesses".

However, the British news agency Reuters could not immediately and independently confirm this claim.

Earlier, Zamir Kabulo, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy to Afghanistan, said it was "unclear how much money the Afghan government had left behind."
"I hope the Afghan government has not taken all the money from the budget, the state budget, if anything is left, it will be the basis of the budget," he told Moscow's Echo Muskori radio station.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, whose whereabouts are unknown, conceded defeat to the Taliban, saying he had left the country to "avoid bloodshed" because the Taliban had entered the capital, Kabul.

Russia has said it will maintain a diplomatic presence in Kabul and hopes to establish ties with the Taliban.

Russia says it is in no hurry to recognize the Taliban as the country's rulers and will closely monitor their behavior.