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| Ghani as seen in the video |
On Wednesday, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani released a video on Facebook in which he defended his decision to flee the country in the face of Taliban's advancement. He mentioned that he is in UAE at the moment and vowed to return to the country to fight for justice. This was the first video in which he was seen since he flee away from the country three days ago.
In the video he ensured the people that he will continue to fight for justice, Afghan sovereignty and restore real Islamic values. He added that had he stay in Afghanistan, he would have been hanged.
"Had I stayed there, an elected president of Afghanistan would have been hanged again before the Afghans' own eyes" said Ghani referring to former president Mohammed Najibullah who was murdered and then hanged by the Taliban in 1996.
Ghani also dimissed all the accusations levelled against him by Afghanistan's Ambassador to Tajikistan that he had stolen $169 million from state funds. He claimed that he was forced to leave the country with one set of traditional clothes, a vest and sandals.
"Do not believe whoever tells you that your president sold you out and fled for his own advantage and to save his own life. These accusations are baseless and I strongly reject them. I was forced to move out of Afghanistan in such a way that I didn't even have the chance to take off my sandals and wear my shoes instead" said Ghani.
Ghani left the country on Sunday just as Taliban entered the captial city of Kabul. Since then various reports had emerged that he had fled to Oman, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan or Lebanon.
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