Dubai | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has confirmed that the Arab nation has welcomed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his family to the country on humanitarian grounds. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation can confirm that the UAE has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family to the country on humanitarian grounds, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
There were reports that Ghani had left the country for Tajikistan or Uzbekistan, while other reports indicated that he fled to Oman after the Taliban captured Afghanistan on Sunday.
Russia’s diplomatic mission in Kabul alleged that Ghani fled the country with vehicles loaded with cash.
The embassy had said that Ghani fled the country with four cars and a helicopter loaded with cash and had to leave behind some money as it was not fitting in his cars or helicopters etc. This was claimed in the report of RIA news agency.
Nikita Ishchenko, a spokesman at the Russian embassy in Kabul, was quoted by the RIA as saying, “Four cars were full of money, they tried to stuff the other part of the money into a helicopter, but it all didn’t fit and some of the The money was lying on the tarmac.
Al Jazeera reported in its report that Nikita confirmed her comments to a global news wire, citing witnesses as the source of her information.
Afghanistan’s Defense Minister Bismillah Mohammadi expressed grief in a tweet in an apparent reference to Ghani and his allies, saying he had fled, leaving his countrymen in trouble. Mohammadi had said, they tied our hands behind our backs and sold our motherland.
