FILE – In this file Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 photo, Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
speaks during a news conference at his resident in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in
Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 as Afghanistan’s new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country’s first
democratic transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban.