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KABUL: United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during an unannounced visit to Kabul on Sunday, just weeks before Washington is due to withdraw the last of its troops under a deal struck with the Taliban last year. Austin said on Twitter he had come to “listen and learn”, on his first trip to Afghanistan since …

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