Wednesday, May 2, 2012

President Obama trip to Afghanistan sign "Strategic Partnership Agreement

President Obama speaks to troops during an unannounced trip to Afghanistan where he signed a strategic partnership agreement with President Hamid Karzai.President Obama and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan sign the Strategic Partnership Agreement that marks the beginning of the end of the war in Afghanistan and a commitment to continuing strategic cooperation between the two countries.Afghanistan  signing a historic agreement between the United States and Afghanistan that defines a new kind of relationship between two countries – a future in which Afghans are responsible for the security of their nation, US build an equal partnership between two sovereign states, and a future in which the war ends, and a new chapter begins.

 President Obama  said "Strategic Partnership Agreement with Afghanistan that signals the transition in which we are going to be turning over responsibility for Afghan security to the Afghans. We're not going to do it overnight. We're not going to do it irresponsibly.  We're going to make sure that the gains, the hard-fought gains that have been made are preserved. But the reason we're able to do that is because of you. The reason that the Afghans have an opportunity for a new tomorrow is because of you.  And the reason America is safe is because of you.  We did not choose this war. This war came to us on 9/11. And there are a whole bunch of folks here, I'll bet, who signed up after 9/11."

 US President Barack Obama road map for  10-year military and financial commitment to Afghanistan after the United States ends combat operations there in 2014.Obama made an unannounced visit to the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, one day ahead of the first anniversary of the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.In a televised speech from Bagram Air Base near Kabul, Obama noted that US troops had killed Bin Laden and that the goal he had set to defeat Al Qaeda is within reach.

He also said the US will pull 23,000 soldiers out of Afghanistan by the end of the summer and that reductions will continue at a steady pace.Earlier on Wednesday, Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a strategic partnership agreement.The agreement allows US forces to stay in Afghanistan for 10 years after 2014 for the purposes of training Afghan forces and targeting the remnants of Al Qaeda.It also says the US will support peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.Media agencies

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