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Former Central Bank Governor Ajmal Ahmady discusses Afghanistan's perilous future
Ian Bremmer speaks to exiled Afghan Central Bank Governor Ajmal Ahmady on his own harrowing escape and the perils that await the very much aid-dependent country's economy now under Taliban control.
Story of an escape from Afghanistan; "I wasn't supposed to be on that plane” - Ahmady
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