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Former Afghan Leader Named as Suspect in Corruption Probe By US Congress


Thu 07 Oct 2021 | 02:45 PM

The American Congress revealed this week that it took the recent allegations of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's corruption probe seriously.

The former official has been named by Congress as a suspect in an investigation into corruption, according to international reports.

An investigation is underway into the circumstances surrounding the entire story of Ashraf Ghani's escape from Afghanistan, according to Congress.

In August, the Taliban movement claimed that former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani took millions of dollars with him when he fled the country in mid-August.

And other senior officials close to Ghani are also named in the warrant. None of the inpiduals named has been formally charged in the investigation.

In a statement posted on Twitter last month, Ghani said he left Afghanistan hours after the Taliban entered Kabul on Aug. 15 to prevent bloodshed.

In the same context, the former Afghan leader denied and refused reports he escaped the Islamist militants with over USD 150 million in cash belonging to the Afghan people, calling them “completely and categorically false.”

However, speculation persists, and John F. Sopko said in testimony before a House subcommittee for development aid that his office was examining the allegations at the request of another congressional committee. “We haven’t proven that yet,” he noted.