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Ashraf Ghani Interview With CNN. Complete Transcript & Translation. Ex Afghan President Was Interviewed By Fareed Of CNN On 14 August 2022. Interviewer Fareed Asks Ghani. People around the world are wondering why you decided to leave in, May 2021 Just months earlier, you gave an interview to Der Spiegel in which you said, and I'm now going to quote you, " no power in the world could persuade me to get on plane and leave this country. It is a country I love, and I will die defending. " But you did get on a plane and leave the country. Why? Ex Afghan President Mr. Ashraf Ghani Reply. I did get on a plane because it became impossible to defend it from the presidential ground. All the presidential protection force melted and put on civilian clothes. The Minister of Defense had left. I was ready to go to the Minister of Defense because he had called me. That cabo could not be defended, and I said, I'm going to come to the ministry. The ministry was empty. He was on a p