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<strong>The chief of Afghanistan&#39;s central bank, Ajmal Ahmady, has fled Kabul and blamed ousted President Ashraf Ghani and his advisors for the country&#39;s stunning fall into the hands of the Taliban in a matter of days.&nbsp;</strong></p>
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In a string of Twitter messages, the 43-year-old Ahmady also said that US dollar supplies were dwindling and described how he escaped from Kabul on board a military plane as the commercial flight he had booked was already crowded with desperate flyers.</p>
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Ghani&#39;s lack of planning and failure to recognise the shortcomings of his advisers were the government&#39;s undoing and descent into chaos, Ahmady said.</p>
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&quot;On Sunday, I began work. Reports throughout morning were increasingly worrisome. I left the bank and left deputies in charge. Felt terrible about leaving staff,&quot; he said.</p>
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&quot;It did not have to end this way. I am disgusted by the lack of any planning by Afghan leadership. Saw them leave at the airport without informing others.&quot;</p>
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Ghani fled Afghanistan on Sunday as Taliban terrorists just marched into Kabul with the army putting up no resistance.</p>
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Ahmady said he boarded a military aircraft amid chaos on the Kabul airport runway as a commercial flight he booked was swamped with passengers. He did not mention his destination. &quot;There was a rush. Some shots were fired. Somehow, my close colleagues pushed me on board,&quot; he said.</p>
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&quot;Once president&#39;s departure was announced, I knew within minutes chaos would follow. I cannot forgive him for creating that without a transition plan. He himself had great ideas but poor execution. If I contributed to that, I take my share of the blame,&quot; he added.</p>
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Ahmady describes as &ldquo;disorienting,&rdquo; the sudden and unexpected arrival of the Taliban in Kabul on Sunday, barely a week after they captured the distant provincial capital Zaranj.</p>
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He was appointed acting governor of Afghanistan&#39;s central bank just over a year ago. He has earlier worked at the US Treasury and the World Bank, his resume on a government website shows.</p>
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&quot;Seems difficult to believe, but there remains a suspicion as to why (Afghan National Security Forces) left posts so quickly,&quot; Ahmady said, referring to claims by pro-government warlords Atta Muhammad Noor and Abdul Rashid Dostum that the army&#39;s collapse in northern Afghanistan was the result of a conspiracy.</p>
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&quot;There is something left unexplained,&quot; Ahmady said.</p>
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As the Taliban advanced, Ahmady said Afghanistan&#39;s currency markets were in a panic, especially after the central bank on Friday was told it would not receive any more dollars, as a result of which there was as a sharp fall in the&nbsp; value of Afghanistan&#39;s currency, the Afghani.</p>
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&quot;I held meetings on Saturday to reassure banks and money exchanges to calm them down. I can&#39;t believe that was one day before Kabul fell,&quot; Ahmady said. He said the currency dropped as far as 100 to the dollar, a fall of about 23%, before stabilising at 86.</p>
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