Ousted Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani whose government collapsed following the Taliban takeover two years ago, now says that there cannot be any stability in the war-torn nation without the movement that currently governs Kabul.
"The Taliban once again could not distinguish between the goal and the means, they seized power, but did [not] gain legitimacy and they did not achieve it. On the other hand, it is also clear that national stability cannot come without the Taliban," the ex-president said in a social media post as Afghans are celebrating Eid al-Adha.
Ghani, who was severely criticized for his decision to leave Afghanistan as the Taliban advanced toward the national capital facing no resistance from the country's security forces, that he would not return to Kabul to resume his career in politics there.
"Here, I would like to say clearly that I'm not ready to take a step with the warlords in the political field of Afghanistan," Ghani added.
Though the former head of Afghanistan's government agreed that the Taliban has brought political stability to the country, he argued that it wasn't positive per se and labeled it as "negative security".
"Instead of the permanent and just peace that we wanted, they chose the path of negative security and this is not an achievement; it is forced security that does not yield positive results," Ghani stressed.
After fleeing Afghanistan, Ghani was granted political asylum by the UAE where he currently resides.
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