Commander Ahmad Massoud

So this is another aspect that absolutely, I believe that our international friends must take responsibility for the catastrophe that happened in Afghanistan.

At the same time, I blame us the most, the Afghan government, the politician and the leaders.

that they didn't have the foresight of Ahmad Shah Massoud and the former leaders, that they knew something that happened, they prepared.

They didn't have that foresight.

They were very short-sighted, that they didn't prepare, they didn't unite, and they didn't resist.

So what happened?

The president flee the country.

As soon as he fleed the country, everything collapsed.

I was in Kabul.

Everything collapsed with it.

And unfortunately, with that, the Taliban managed to get inside the city with almost no resistance inside the Kabul.

Another aspect was that if there was a resistance happening in Kabul, probably it would be even successful, but with the cost of thousands and thousands and thousands of people of Kabul.

So when the leadership didn't have a plan, when he left and ran away before anyone else, I was in Kabul and I witnessed everything firsthand myself.

When he left the night before and didn't even told his companion and his colleagues, even his chief of staff, he told his chief of staff, go and prepare a meeting for me.

He lied to him and he ran away in another helicopter.

So in such chaos, the collapse happened very quickly and there was almost no resistance because Mr. Ghani with his policies lost the legitimacy and the support of the people.

And with people like me that we wanted to stick to the values of the Republic and to keep Afghanistan as a whole, he was very much against such idea too.

He was very egocentric person.

Kabul was the second last, the last place that fell to the hand of Taliban was Panjshir.

Before that, it was Kabul.