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Story of an escape from Afghanistan; "I wasn't supposed to be on that plane” - Ahmady
"I wasn't supposed to be on that plane” — former Afghan official recounts escape | GZERO World
September 07, 2021
When Ajmal Ahmady saw the Taliban were about to take over Afghanistan, he knew it was time to get out — fast. The former central bank chief was lucky enough to board a flight, unlike so many of his fellow Afghans desperate to flee. "I was not supposed to be on that plane," Ahmady tells Ian Bremmer about his harrowing escape on this episode of GZERO World.
Watch the episode: Afghanistan, 2021: Three perspectives on the brutal close of a 20-year war
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