Obama Signs Agreement for U.S.-Afghan Partnership

It is another step in the effort to wind down the war.
By Ben Feller, AP White House Correspondent
Posted: 05/01/2012 04:04 PM EDT
Filed Under Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai (HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye) have signed an agreement aimed at cementing a lasting U.S. commitment to Afghanistan after the long and unpopular war comes to an end.

 

Obama says the costs of the Afghan war have been great. He says the deal with Afghanistan allows the U.S. to wind down the war, but still stand by Afghanistan and its people.

 

The president says the deal will also pave the way for "a future of peace."

 

Karzai says postwar agreement will seal an "equal partnership" between Afghanistan and the United States.

 

Obama and Karzai signed the agreement at the presidential palace in Kabul shortly after the U.S. president arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday, slipping into the country under the cover of darkness.

 

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