Defense Secretary James Mattis made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday, and planned to meet with President Ashraf Ghani and others.

He is visiting just a few days after Taliban forces killed more than 100 of Afghanistan’s soldiers. That attack led to the resignation of Afghanistan’s defense minister, according to Reuters and other reports.

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A tweet from Operation Resolute Support, the NATO-led mission to train and advise Afghanistan security officials in their fight against terrorism said Mattis had arrived to “engage with strategic partners.”