(Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking from exile in the United Arab Emirates, said on Wednesday he left Kabul to prevent a bloodbath and denied taking large sums of money with him .
Ashraf Ghani has been the target of sharp criticism from former Afghan ministers and senior officials since his sudden departure from the country on Sunday when Taliban insurgents entered the capital.
“If I had stayed I would have witnessed a bloodbath in Kabul,” he said in a video posted on Facebook, his first public intervention since being confirmed to be in the Emirates. United Arabs.
He added that he left the country on the advice of several members of the government.
(Written by James Mackenzie, French version Marc Angrand)
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