Ashraf Ghani, the former president of Afghanistan who fled the country on Sunday, in a message on Wednesday evening said that he was forced to leave in order to prevent a “huge plot” and “disaster” in which the “the historical enemies of Afghanistan” were involved.

Ashraf Ghani, who took refuge in the UAE, said in a video message posted on Facebook that he went to the Ministry of Defense's headquarters in Kabul on Sunday to investigate the security situation, but his security team pulled him out to prevent the “huge plot.”

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that his country still aims to maintain security at the Kabul airport, after Taliban took control of Afghanistan's capital.

Reuters reports that Turkish sources said this week that those original plans were dropped because of the chaos in Kabul, but that Turkey would still offer the Taliban security and technical assistance at the airport.