The White House gave no indication Monday that the U.S. plans to heed the Afghan president's appeal to re-evaluate its plan to withdraw most U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016.

More than 10,000 U.S. troops are in Afghanistan. Half are expected to leave by the end of this year, with most of the rest scheduled to leave by the end of 2016.

But Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has suggested that the U.S. take another look at its timeline for withdrawing troops.

"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," Ghani said in a televised interview that aired Sunday on CBS News' "60 Minutes."

When correspondent Lara Logan asked Ghani if he had talked to President Obama about re-examining the withdrawal plan, Ghani replied: "President Obama knows me. We don't need to tell each other."

On Monday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the U.S. military has an enduring mission in Afghanistan to train and equip Afghan security forces and fight al-Qaida.

"The United States is prepared is continue that partnership, but as it relates to the strategy associated with our military footprint, we've been pretty clear what that strategy is — more importantly, the commander in chief has been clear about what that strategy is," Earnest said during the regularly scheduled White House news briefing.

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