US watchdog to investigate if Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan with money

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said he left Kabul to prevent bloodshed and denied reports he took large sums of money with him. 

Washington: John Sopko, the U.S. special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said on Wednesday his office would look into allegations that former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani took millions of dollars with him when he left the country.

Ghani has said he left Kabul to prevent bloodshed and denied reports he took large sums of money with him. But speculation has persisted, and Congress asked Sopko`s team to get to the bottom of 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.