he made a sudden decision to flee his country on august 15th, minutes after his security forces at the palace told him they could no longer protect him or the capital. in a conversation with the former british chief of defence staff, general sir nick carter for the bbc radio four s today programme, mr ghani said he had been made a scapegoat for afg hanistan s crisis. he said his only mistake was to trust his international partners, including the united states. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet reports. chaos in kabul. the upheaval of august. afghans, fleeing for the airport when the taliban swept in. even president ashraf ghani. he slipped away secretly, in a helicopter. in statements on social media, he said he did it to save kabul and his life.
the self isolation period for people with coronavirus from ten days to seven provided they have negative lateral flow tests on the sixth and seventh days. the change will take effect tomorrow. the decision was made by ministers at a virtual meeting this morning. covid restrictions remain unchanged. the stormont executive will meet again in a week s time. the former president of afghanistan, ashraf ghani, has said he made a sudden decision to flee his country on august 15th, minutes after his security forces at the palace told him they could no longer protect him or the capital. in a conversation with the former british chief of defence staff, general sir nick carter for the bbc radio four s today programme, mr ghani said he had been made a scapegoat for afg hanistan s crisis. he said his only mistake was to trust his international partners, including the united states. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet reports.
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday paid homage to India's first Chief Of Defence staff, General Bipin Rawat as house assembled for the day and members mourned the deaths in chopper crash and kept silence for the departed souls.
after 16 years, the merkel era is over. earlier, she wished mr scholz luck. he will need it. germany is experiencing its worst covid wave to date. the chancellor s first task to develop, like his predecessor, a reputation for managing a crisis. jenny hill, bbc news, berlin. india s top military commander has died in a helicopter crash, in the southern state of tamil nadu. chief of defence staff general bipin rawat, his wife and 11 others were killed when their helicopter came down in hills near coonoor. one survivor is being treated for his injuries in hospital. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports. the general was killed in that helicopter crash in south india was on board with his wife and a number of defence officials.