Left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed, 'big human disaster', says President Ghani

Embattled Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said he left Kabul to avoid bloodshed and a big human disaster in the city of six million people urging the Taliban to reveal their intentions and reassure the people who are unsure about their future after the insurgents took over the wartorn countryTaliban insurgents swept into Afghanistans capital on Sunday after a sudden and unprecedented collapse of the government prompting president Ghani to join fellow citizens and foreigners to leave the countryGhani in his first comments after he left Afghanistan said on Sunday he was faced with a hard choice between the armed Taliban who wanted to enter the Presidential Palace or leaving the dear country that I dedicated my life to protecting the past 20 yearsIf there were still countless countrymen martyred and they would face the destruction and destruction of Kabul city the result would have been a big human disaster in this six million city The Taliban have made it to remove me they are here to attack all Kabul and the people of Kabul In order to avoid the bleeding flood I thought it was best to get out Ghani said in a Facebook post on SundayAlso read US to expand its security presence at Kabul airport to 6000 troopsTaliban have won the judgement of sword and guns and now they are responsible for protecting the countrymens honor wealth and selfesteem Didnt they win the legitimacy of hearts Never in history has dry power given legitimacy to anyone and wont give it to them the 72yearold politician reportedly taking shelter in neighbouring Tajikistan saidGhani said the Taliban insurgents are now facing a new historical test of either to protect the name and honour of Afghanistan or prioritising other places and networksHe said that to win legitimacy and the hearts of people who are in fear and unsure of their future it is necessary for the Taliban to assure all people nations different sectors sisters and women of AfghanistanMake a clear plan to do and share it with the public I will always continue to serve my nation with an intellectual moment and a plan to develop Lots more talk for the future he addedAn academic and economist Ghani is the 14th President of Afghanistan He was first elected on September 20 2014 and was reelected in the September 28 2019 presidential electionHe was announced the winner after a protracted process in February 2020 and was sworn in for a second term on March 9 last year An anthropologist by education he previously served as Minister of Finance and the Chancellor of Kabul UniversityThe Taliban on Sunday seized the last major city outside of Kabul held by the countrys central government cutting off the Afghan capital to the eastThe collapse of Jalalabad leaves Afghanistans central government in control of just Kabul and six other provincial capitals out of the countrys 34Taliban insurgents began moving towards Kabul following the overnight collapse of the two remaining cities of MazareSharif and JalalabadUS President Joe Biden in April announced that all American troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11 this year thus bringing to end the countrys longest war spanning across two decadesThe Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 but following the September 11 2001 attacks on the United States the brutal regime of the militant group came to end as they were removed from power by USled forces in 2001The group however has been on the offensive in recent months and is now on the brink of seizing power again They entered direct talks with the US in 2018 and in February 2020The two sides struck a peace deal in Doha that committed the US to withdrawal and the Taliban to preventing attacks on US forcesBut in the year that followed the Taliban continued to target Afghan security forces and civilians and advanced rapidly across the countryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever