Former President Ashraf Ghani is in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. His family is also with him
Political reporter
Riyadh: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country to an unknown location after the Taliban took power in August 2021, and now he has appeared in Saudi Arabia after two and a half years. Former President Ashraf Ghani is in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. He is accompanied by his family. The former Afghan president was said to have fled the country to an unknown location on August 15, 2021, the day the Taliban took over Kabul. He was accused of fleeing with 169 million dollars from the country’s treasury. Later, it was found that the former Afghan president first went to Uzbekistan and then to the United Arab Emirates. However, despite the passage of more than two and a half years, he was not seen in public. Ashraf Ghani was the president of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021. He was called the US-backed president. Before that, he was the Vice Chancellor of Kabul University from 2004 to 2008 and the Minister of Finance from 2002 to 2004.
