Amid the Taliban insurgents have seized the presidential palace in Kabul after taking control of nearly all of Afghanistan in just over a week. The Taliban swept into capital Kabul on Sunday and President Ashraf Ghani left Afghanistan, ending a 20-year war.
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told reporters on Wednesday “He (Ashraf Ghani) is no longer a figure in Afghanistan,” where as she declined to comment anything on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) decision to provide him shelter.
The former Afghan President on Wenesday support talks between the Taliban and other former officials denied the allegation that he transferred large sums of money out of the country before fleeing to the United Arab Emirates.
On making his first appearance since leaving Kabul on Sunday as the Taliban captured the capital, a departure that ultimately resulted in their full takeover — reiterated that he had left in order to spare the country more bloodshed.
In a recorded video message, that was broadcast on his Facebook page, where he asserted that he had no intention of remaining in exile in the Gulf nation and was “in talks” to return home.
He also said he was making efforts to “safeguard the rule of Afghans over our country”.
