Concern is growing for national stability as the US military presence declines, with the Afghan army and police enduring record casualties in battle this year and a series of high-profile Taliban attacks in Kabul.
President Barack Obama on Friday named Ashton Carter, a technocrat and academic with long experience working in the Pentagon, to replace Hagel as defense secretary.
Hagel, who took office in February 2013, resigned last month, rejecting accounts that he was forced out and saying it was a mutual agreement with the president.
After a prolonged crisis over a fraud-mired election, President Ghani came to power in September after signing a power-sharing deal with his poll rival Abdullah Abdullah.
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