Kabul, Aug 18 (UNI) Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country after the Taliban takeover on Sunday, has been “welcomed” in the UAE, the country’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
The UAE foreign ministry, in a brief one line statement, said: “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.”
On Sunday, Ghani, who first went to Tajikistan was reportedly denied permission to land. He then went to Oman, and has now finally been granted shelter in the UAE.
The sudden takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban on Sunday left the world in shock, and especially after Ghani left Kabul in the evening, plunging the nation in chaos.
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