 Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled Kabul as Taliban forces reached the outskirts of the city last month, has apologized for the abrupt fall of his government, but denied that he had taken millions of dollars with him. In a statement posted on Twitter, Ghani said he had left at the urgent office security team who said that if he stayed, there was a risk of the same horrific street-to-street fighting the city had suffered during the Civil War of the 1990s. The statement likely echoed a message Ghani sent from the United Arab Emirates in the immediate aftermath of his departure, which drew beta criticism from former allies who accused him of betrayal.