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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, a onetime anthropologist and former World Bank executive, will meet with President Obama and Secretary of State John F. Kerry to discuss possible changes to the timetable to withdraw the bulk of American troops. (Associated Press)

Ashraf Ghani, Obama to discuss U.S. troops in Afghanistan

By Jonathan Soch - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to troops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The Obama administration is abandoning plans to cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year’s end, bowing to military leaders who want to keep more troops, including many into the 2016 fighting season, U.S. officials say. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Obama abandons plan to cut troop levels in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year’s end

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (right) is courting a longer stay by U.S. troops, whom he thanks for their sacrifices. Last month, he stood shoulder to shoulder at the presidential palace with Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. (Associated Press)

Haider al-Abadi of Iraq, Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan amenable U.S. war partners

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, left, walks with U.S. Army Gen. John Campbell upon arrival at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Carter made his international debut Saturday with a visit to Afghanistan to see American troops and commanders, meet with Afghan leaders and assess whether U.S. withdrawal plans are too risky to Afghan security. (AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)

Ash Carter: U.S. considering slowing exit from Afghanistan

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 file photo, An Afghan money changer, right, counts a pile of currency at the Money and Exchange Market in Kabul. Afghanistan’s fragile economy has lost around a third of its value in the past year as the international military and aid organizations that poured in cash for more than a decade have drastically scaled back after U.S. President Barack Obama declared an end to the 13-year war against the Taliban _ leaving the government struggling for funds and key sectors lacking investment, economists, analysts and officials said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, FIle)

Afghan economic crisis looms as foreign aid dollars depart

By RAHIM FAIEZ and LYNNE O'DONNELL - Associated Press

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is expected to make a visit to Washington sometime this spring. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan president to visit U.S. as Taliban tension flares

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, former President Hamid Karzai, center, and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, right, attend a ceremony marking the completion of security transition to Afghan security forces in Kabul, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Afghan police are investigating a rocket strike on a wedding party that killed at least 28 people, many of them women and children, an official said Thursday, as President Ashraf Ghani marked the country&#8217;s transition to full sovereignty after the 13-year international military mission to rid Afghanistan of insurgents officially ended. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan president: Obama should ‘re-examine’ withdrawal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Gen. John Campbell, center, cases the ISAF flag during a ceremony at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. The United States and NATO formally ended their war in Afghanistan on Sunday with the ceremony at their military headquarters in Kabul as the insurgency they fought for 13 years remains as ferocious and deadly as at any time since the 2001 invasion that unseated the Taliban regime following the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

U.S., NATO mark end of 13-year war in Afghanistan

By LYNNE O'DONNELL - Associated Press

In this file photo taken Dec. 10, 2014, Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

Afghans hope for change after bloody year

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

Image: Twitter, John McCain

John McCain spends Christmas in Afghanistan, meets leaders in Kabul

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** FILE ** U.S. soldiers patrol through Kabul, Afghanistan, in December, 2010. (Associated Press)

Chuck Hagel: More U.S. troops than planned to stay in Afghanistan

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Ashraf Ghani, Afghan president, to overhaul security

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

U.S. Special Operations forces engage in a joint operation with Afghan National Army soldiers targeting insurgents operating in Afghanistan's Farah province, Oct. 29, 2009. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Afghanistan’s Ashraf Ghani lifts bans on night raids against Taliban

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks as Afghan presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center, and Abdullah Abdullah listen during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. "Radicals" backing Abdullah could foment postelection violence if he isn't given an equitable share of power, his spokesman warned Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014 ahead of a meeting with his rival aimed at resolving a monthslong election dispute. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry helped broker an agreement this summer under which all 8 million ballots would be recounted, a process which was concluded Friday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

SHANSAB: Time to get proactive with Afghanistan

By Nasir Shansab

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, walks across the presidential palace grounds with Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry chief of protocol Ambassador Hamid Siddiq, left, and Foreign Minister Zarar Ahmad Osmani on his way to a meeting with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 12, 2014. Kerry visited Afghanistan in hopes of diffusing a crisis over the runoff presidential election to find a successor for outgoing President Karzai. (AP Photo/Jim Boug, Pool)

Kerry: Both Afghan presidential candidates agree to 100 percent ballot audit

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Not going anywhere: Afghan President Hamid Karzai shows indelible ink on his finger before he casts his vote. Zalmay Rassoul has the backing of Mr. Karzai's clan and political machinery.

Leadership in Karzai’s shadow: Afghanistan’s next president to win vote, not total control

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

New Voices: Afghan women line up for voter registration cards this week. On Saturday, a segment of society that was oppressed under Taliban rule will help elect their country's next president. Cultural barriers will keep women from voting in some rural areas. (Associated Press photographs)

Voters in Afghanistan prepare for first democratic transition; vote set for Saturday

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times