The governor of Afghanistan's central bank, Abdul Qadeer Fitrat, has resigned, saying he feels his life is in danger after investigating fraud.

阿富汗中央银行行长，Abdul Qadeer Fitrat已经辞职，称在其对欺诈进行调查时感到有生命危险。

Mr Fitrat has left Afghanistan for the US
He said the government had interfered¹ in his efforts to pursue those responsible for massive corruption² at the privately-owned Kabul Bank.

Waheed Omar, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai, said Mr Fitrat's resignation amounted to treason.

He added that Mr Fitrat was himself under investigation⁴.

The embezzlement⁵（侵占，挪用） at Kabul Bank almost lead to its collapse⁶ last year.

Investigators⁷ say that the bank - bailed⁸ out in September - made hundreds of millions of dollars of inappropriate loans.

President Karzai has previously⁹ pledged to fully¹⁰ investigate those involved in the crisis.

'High profile figures'

Mr Fitrat - who has left Afghanistan - said he had expected the probe would "help bring a closure" to the Kabul Bank incident, but instead it had "brought more danger and it brought more conspiracy¹¹ against me and against my life".

"My life was completely in danger and this was particularly true after I spoke³ to the parliament and exposed some people who are responsible for the crisis of Kabul Bank," he said, speaking from the United States.

Two months ago, Mr Fitrat publicly named in parliament high-profile figures who were allegedly involved.

Some of President Karzai's relatives, including his brother, Mahmoud Karzai, are among those named in connection with the scandal.

In May, a report by Afghanistan's anti-corruption office showed about $467m (about £290m) of outstanding loans were made without appropriate documentation or collateral¹²（抵押品，担保品） .

President Karzai has said that Afghanistan lacks the necessary banking¹³ experience to oversee¹⁴ the institution and has blamed foreign advisers¹⁵.

He has also pledged to ensure that those responsible are subject to criminal investigations¹⁶.

Mr Fitrat said he had permanent residence status in the US and that he would not be returning to Afghanistan.