Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Mr Ghani has twice assumed the reins of government in Afghanistan thanks to electoral fraud and has held on to power for 6 years.

His record in government is catastrophic. Corruption has spread in all areas, whilst rape, attacks on women, abduction of children and business people, murder and theft are commonplace in all provinces. Women’s rights exist in name only. There has been an increase in poverty. In short, the country is in chaos.

We and SIGAR have reported several times several billion US dollars that were destined for the reconstruction of Afghanistan have disappeared into dubious channels as a result of corruption. Furthermore, billions of US dollars have been plundered and stolen from public funds, including part of the coronavirus aid.

Mr Ghani has changed his finance ministers several times to cover up his dealings.

Mr Ghani is an illegitimate president and a liar.  The Afghan people are sick and tired of his lies.  There’s a saying in English that goes “a fish rots from the head down”.  Mr Ghani is corrupt and as such his whole cabinet is also corrupt.

We know that Mr Ghani and his team attend conferences in various countries about the Afghanistan conflict in order to remain in power through trickery.

We don’t want to negotiate with Mr Ghani, either in Kabul or in other countries. He should resign unconditionally.

We want to take over the entire government. Only then do we want to negotiate peace with the Taliban in Kabul.

Best regards

Hayattullah Maiwand

1.Chariman of the FDPA