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UAE accepts Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on humanitarian grounds

| Updated: August 19, 2021 17:06:51


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Afghanistan’s ousted President Ashraf Ghani is in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf state's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after he left his country as Taliban fighters seized control.

"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," it said in a statement.

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