Ashraf Ghani, Expert On Failed States Who Watched His Government Collapse

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country Sunday, according to a top official, as Taliban reached Kabul after a rout of government forces.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani prided himself on being one of the foremost global experts on failed states, only to watch his administration collapse. He fled the country on Sunday, according to a top Afghan official, as the Taliban reached Kabul after an astonishing rout of government forces. "The former president has left Afghanistan, leaving the people to this situation," Abdullah Abdullah, who heads the government's peace process, said in a video message. Mr Ghani was elected in 2014 on promises to remake Afghanistan.