Title: Afghan Leaders Want Slower Withdrawal of US Forces
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/24/afghan.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Afghan Leaders Want Slower Withdrawal of US Forces' data-article-id='264'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4958'>Afghanistans leaders are in the United States this week.</span> <span data-start-time='4958' data-end-time='20313'>Observers say they expect President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to ask American officials to slow the withdrawal of U.S. forces from their country.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='20313' data-end-time='29104'>The Afghan leaders are to meet Tuesday with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.</span> <span data-start-time='29104' data-end-time='38979'>The Obama administration has said extremists in Afghanistan are a threat to American interests.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='38979' data-end-time='45729'>On Wednesday, Mr. Ghani will speak to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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Afghanistans leaders are in the United States this week. Observers say they expect President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to ask American officials to slow the withdrawal of U.S. forces from their country.
The Afghan leaders are to meet Tuesday with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. The Obama administration has said extremists in Afghanistan are a threat to American interests.
On Wednesday, Mr. Ghani will speak to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
