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there were reports last week that Ghani’s brother had joined the Taliban, with this update:

22 Aug: NDTV India: “Accept Taliban, Do Not Support Them”: Former Afghan President’s Brother
In a short but wide-ranging discussion with NDTV, Hashmat Ghani also said India would have “no choice but to maintain a political relationship” with the Taliban
Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan (with inputs from Agencies AFP & Reuters)
“I have accepted the Taliban but do not support them... ‘supporting’ is a very strong word. What happens once they are in control... that remains to be seen,” Mr Ghani, a prominent businessman and the leader of Afghanistan’s nomadic Kochi population, said...

Mr Ghani’s remarks comes as a video of him apparently pledging support to a Taliban presenting itself as a moderate version of the brutal group that ruled 1996-2001 was tweeted this week.

NDTV has not been able to independently verify this video...

He also spoke about the US’ decision to freeze nearly $9.5 billion in assets of the Afghan central bank; he criticised the move and said it denied Afghans access to money to rebuild their country...

He also hit out at Vice President Amrullah Saleh, who has joined hands with Ahmad Massoud, the son of an anti-Taliban fighter, to lead a military resistance that claims to have re-captured three districts.

Mr Ghani called Mr Saleh an “idiot” and said he had led his brother - against whom he claimed an assassination plot - astray. He also denied reports he stole money before fleeing.
“I was expelled from Afghanistan... I didn’t even get the chance to take my slippers off my feet and pull on my boots... arrived empty-handed,” Ashraf Ghani was quoted by news agency AFP.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/hashmat-ghani-taliban-in-afghanistan-accept-taliban-do-not-support-them-former-afghan-president-afghan-ghanis-brother-hashmat-ghani-2516211