US SIGAR To Investigate If Former Afghan Prez Ashraf Ghani Fled With Millions From Country

Ghani who has been bitterly criticized for fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban reach the outskirts of Kabul in August said that he left in order to avoid bloodshed in the country. 

Ashraf Ghani (File Photo)

New Delhi: The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), John Sopko said on Wednesday that his office will look into the allegations that the former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani took millions with him when he fled the country, reported Reuters.

Despite Ghani having constantly denied the allegations, speculations persisted which made Congress push Sopko to look into it. 

"We haven't proven that yet. We're looking into that. Actually, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee has asked us to look into that," Sopko told a House of Representatives subcommittee according to Reuters.

Ghani who has been bitterly criticized for fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban reach the outskirts of Kabul in August said that he left in order to avoid bloodshed in the country. 

According to the report, he told the House Foreign Affairs Committee subcommittee that oversees development aid that the failure of the U.S. project shouldn't have been a surprise, given rampant corruption and mismanagement.

The congressional hearing was one of a series looking at the chaotic U.S. withdrawal and the path forward. The United States and other countries have cut off almost all aid to Afghanistan.