Afghanistan conflict: Ghani queries troop exit deadline

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said America's two-year deadline for pulling out the last of its troops may need to be "re-examined,”- the BBC reports.

"If both parties, or, in this case, multiple partners, have done their best to achieve the objectives and progress is very real, then there should be willingness to re-examine a deadline,”- Mr Ghani told the 60 Minutes programme, in an interview to be aired by CBS on Sunday evening.

Mr. Ghani told U.S. broadcaster CBS that "deadlines should not be dogmas".

Disagreements over the timetable for the U.S.-led coalition's withdrawal dogged Mr. Obama's relations with the new Afghan president's predecessor,- Hamid Karzai.