Afghanistan's president will visit Biden at the White House on Friday

The Afghan president and chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation will visit with President Joe Biden on Friday at the White House.

As the U.S. military drawdown from Afghanistan continues, the White House announced that the Afghan president and chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation will visit with President Joe Biden on Friday in Washington. President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman Abdullah Abdullah's visit will "highlight the enduring partnership between the United States and Afghanistan as the military drawdown continues," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Sunday. While Biden set the goal to have all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, a U.S. official said the reality is the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan could be completed as early as July. The latest release from U.S. Central Command this past week showed that more than 50% of the withdrawal has taken place already.