Middle East

Russia: Afghan President Escaped With Four Cars and Helicopter Full of Cash

GREAT ESCAPE

“Some of the money was left lying on the tarmac,” a spokesman for Russia’s embassy in Kabul said.

Lawrence Ukenye
Lawrence Ukenye 

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