Ashraf Ghani Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, family in UAE after fleeing country
New Delhi/IBNS: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday said it is hosting Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on "humanitarian ground" after he fled his country following the Taliban take over.
"The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation can confirm that the UAE has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds," it said in a brief statement.
Ghani fled Afghanistan as the Taliban entered the capital city-Kabul.
Later in a Facebook post, Ghani said he did so to avoid bloodshed since Talibans would have resorted to clashes that would endanger millions of residents of Kabul.
At that time he did not mention where he was.
What followed was scenes of desperation at the Kabul airport on Monday with hundreds of people, desperate to leave Afghanistan, clinging on to a moving US Air Force C-17 aircraft on the tarmac.
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