Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani is currently residing in the United Arab Emirates, officials of the Gulf nation confirmed on Wednesday. “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,” the UAE ministry of foreign affairs said in a brief statement. Ghani announced on Aug. 15 that he fled the Middle Eastern nation in order to avoid bloodshed, explaining that leaving “the dear country” he dedicated his life to over the past 20 years was a “hard choice,” but Taliban insurgents left him with few options. The whereabouts of the president were unknown until Wednesday’s statement. Rumors that spread earlier this week claimed he might have fled to Tajikistan or Uzbekistan. “The Taliban have made it to remove me, they are here to attack all Kabul and the people of Kabul. In order …
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