KABUL, 23 December 2020, (TON): President Ashraf Ghani and acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller discussed the Afghan peace process and the security situation in Afghanistan and in the region.

President Ashraf Ghani met with US acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on Tuesday afternoon, President Ashraf Ghani spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi said.

In Kabul, Milley met President Ghani and "Both sides expressed their concerns over the escalation of violence in Afghanistan and discussed the Afghan peace process and the immediate need for a ceasefire,” spokesperson said.

President Ghani and Miller meeting came as American troops are withdrawing to be withdrawn from Afghanistan after US President Donald Trump last month ordered the number of US forces to be approximately halved to 2,500 by 15 January 2021.