Article Title: Russia says Afghan president fled with cars and helicopter full of cash

Authors: Reuters

Publication Date: August 16th 2021

Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/russia-says-afghan-president-
fled-with-cars-helicopter-full-cash-ria-2021-08-16/

Summary:

The article “Russia says Afghan President fled with cars and helicopter full of
cash” from Reuters mentions the escape of the Afghanistan President. His name
is Ashraf Ghani, who is the ex-President of Afghanistan. It cannot be denied that
he was one of the most important people to the Afghan people, however, he ran
away from his country with a lot of money. It took place in August 2021 in
Afghanistan. According to Russia’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan President
Ashraf Ghani fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and the
money would not all fit in the car, then the money in one car was left lying on the
tarmac. The article reports that he wrote about his escape on Facebook that “To
avoid bloodshed, I think it is better to leave”.

Response:

In my point of view, the Afghanistan war is one of the hottest topics at the
moment because it affects many countries and continents in the world including
Vietnam- my home country. Moreover, the Afghanistan people, who have to deal
with many issues, are affected the most by the escape of President – Ashraf
Ghani.

Here is some basic information about the wide variety of benefits to Afghanistan,
which were contributed by President Ghani. When he was a President, he made
efforts to terminate the long conflict despite continuing attacks on the security
and government of the Taliban. During his presidency, he tried to appoint a new
generation of young and educated leaders.

In fact, after around 3 days, the Afghanistan government had handed over
control of the country to the Taliban organization after being controlled Kabul –
the capital of Afghanistan. It is the main reason why he did a disappearing act
that caused breaking news around the world.

For his escape, Mr. Ghani wrote on Facebook the reason for leaving
Afghanistan: “Today, I have to make a difficult choice, whether I should face to
Taliban, who want to break into the country that I have given my life to protect
and operate for the past 20 years. To avoid bloodshed, I think it is better to
leave”. By contrast, he denied that he has come to the United Arab Emirates with
empty hands. However, people cannot find clues to confirm, so it makes the
Afghan people and international friends disappointed about his action.

In his speech, Ghani said that before leaving, he had negotiated with the Taliban
to ensure the security of Kabul that not enter the capital. Moreover, the exile
President affirmed that he would soon return to his country to seek justice for all
of his dwellers in the future.

To conclude, it is clear that the escape of President Ashraf Ghani may get
different opinions, but I think he has his own reasons for his work. Hope to see
Afghanistan be fine after its dwellers have to deal with war and hardness.

Vocabulary:

continent (n): one of the large landmasses of the Earth

terminate (v): to end in a particular way or at a particular place

exile (n): a situation in which you are forced to leave your country or home and
go to live in a foreign country