Afghanistan, Ghani in the United Arab Emirates: “Tonight I speak to the nation”

Ashraf Ghani, who left the Afghan presidency on Sunday with the arrival of the Taliban in Kabul, is in the United Arab Emirates. This was reported by CNN, which received confirmation with a note from the Emirati Foreign Ministry. The ministry specifies that “the Emirates have welcomed Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country for humanitarian reasons”. The Afghan Defense Minister, Bismillah Mohammadi, asked Interpol to arrest him. “Those who trade and sell their homeland should be punished and arrested,” Mohammadi wrote on Twitter, adding the hashtag #InterpolArrestGhani. The former Afghan president will release a video statement from the Emirates. “Tonight at 9.30 pm in Kabul (7 pm in Italy), I will address the nation on recent developments in the country with a video message”, announces the former Afghan president with a post on Facebook.