The surging violence in Afghanistan is expected to be the main topic of conversation, when U.S. President Joe Biden meets his Afghan counterpart on Friday.
President Ashraf Ghani will be accompanied at the White House by the chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah .
They will discuss the withdrawal of US troops, amid an increase in fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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