Bennon Sevan the former United Nations representative in Afghanistan said in a special interview with the BBC that Ashraf Ghani would likely have been killed if he had not left the country as the Taliban entered Kabul.

The remarks come as Ghani’s departure from Afghanistan on August 15 , 2021 coincided with the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and became one of the most controversial events surrounding the collapse of the Afghan republic.

Ghani left Kabul that day as the Taliban entered the capital without widespread fighting His departure sparked widespread reactions both in Afghanistan and internationally.

