Biden Tells Afghanistan’s Ghani U.S. Will ‘Stick With You’
- Visit with Biden is intended to show support for Afghan leader
- Violence is surging in Afghanistan as U.S. forces are leaving
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President Joe Biden said Friday the U.S. is committed to its partnership with Afghanistan, even as American and other foreign troops withdraw from the country despite a surge of violence.
“The senseless violence -- it has to stop,” Biden told Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the start of a meeting in the Oval Office. “It’s going to be very difficult but we’re going to stick with you.”