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Screenshot from Ghani's video posted on Facebook
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President Ashraf Ghani, who fled Afghanistan, says he does not want to remain in exile.
He is currently in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to prevent bloodshed and tragedy, he said in a video message posted on Facebook on Wednesday.
But he is in talks to return to Afghanistan and continue his efforts for justice in the country.
In view of the rapid advance of the militant Islamist Taliban, Ghani left Afghanistan on Sunday morning without explanation.
After that, the Taliban entered the capital, Kabul, in the evening.
In the video message, Ghani also denied allegations that he had taken money with him.
The Afghan ambassador to Tajikistan, for example, had accused Ghani of stealing $ 169 million in government funds.
Ghani said the allegations were completely unfounded and far from the truth.
He had to leave the country so quickly that he could not take off his slippers and put on his boots.
He hadn't been able to take any of his most valuable possessions with him, neither his books nor a personal laptop "on which everything was".
Ghani is considered to be a frequent reader.
His library in the presidential palace is said to contain around 6,000 books.
The UAE Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that the country had taken in Ghani and his family on humanitarian grounds.
There had previously been reports that Ghani was said to have been sighted in the capital, Abu Dhabi.
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