Afghanistan President Goes Live on Facebook to Address the World about His Exile

President Ashraf Ghani made an appearance on Facebook live this Thursday following his departure from Afghanistan after the Talibans invaded the country.

The President disclosed that he did not run away from the country in order to abandon his citizens, but he fled Afghanistan in order to stop bloodshed.

He explained that he is currently in the United Arab Emirates and stated in the facebook live that “What had happened 25 years ago in Afghanistan was going to take place again. That was why I fled because that needed to be avoided, a shameful development like that.” “The dignity of Afghanistan was important for me, and that was to be ensured, so I had to leave Afghanistan to prevent bloodshed, to make sure that a huge disaster (was) avoided.”

“I left on the advice of government officials.” “Kabul should not be turned into another Yemen or Syria overpower struggle so I was forced to leave.”

He countered the allegations that were going around him saying that he ran away to Dubai with $169 million stating that he left the country with only a waistcoat and few clothes.

He said “The accusations are baseless lies. You can even ask customs officials, they are baseless,”

“I’m in the UAE so that disasters are avoided. I’m in consultation with others until I (can) return so that I can continue my efforts for justice for the Afghans. “I have no intention to remain in exile,” he said.

“The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation confirmed that the UAE has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds,”

Afghanistan’s then acting defense minister, General Bismillah Mohammadi, accused President Ghani in a tweet on Sunday, explaining that: “They tied our hands behind our backs and sold the homeland, damn the rich man and his gang.”

Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, also said on Sunday that God would hold Ghani “accountable and the people of Afghanistan will also judge him” for putting them and the country “in such a bad situation.”

He concluded by saying that “Those who think that I fled the country, my message is that you should not judge if you do not have all the information and details,”