Image Credit: Instagram Ashraf Ghani, Afghan President, Flees
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has reportedly left the country after the Taliban entered Kabul.
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Mr Ghani is an anthropologist by education and has taught the subject at the University of Columbia and Johns Hopkins University before entering politics.
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In 1991, Mr Ghani joined World Bank as lead anthropologist. He also served as an advisor to the UN Secretary-General's special envoy to Afghanistan in 2001.
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On February 1, 2002, Mr Ghani became Chief Advisor to Interim President Hamid Karzai.
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During his term as Finance Minister in 2002, he introduced a new currency and set up a tax system.
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On May 7, 2009, he registered as a candidate for 2009 Afghan presidential election. He got only 3% of the votes.
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On September 29, 2014, Ashraf Ghani was sworn in as the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
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Ashraf Ghani met his wife Rula Saade at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and got married in the 1970s.
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After leaving Kabul University, he co-founded the Institute for State Effectiveness with Clare Lockhart.
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He was recognized as the Best Finance Minister of Asia in 2003 by 'Emerging Markets'.
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