President Obama Tells Afghan President Karzai That A New Security Pact Will be Concluded With His Successor

U.S. President Barack Obama gives a thumbs up to U.S. troops based in Afghanistan, at the end of his remarks at Bagram Air Base in Kabul, May 25, 2014. The unannounced Memorial Day visit is Obama's first with U.S. troops in Afghanistan since 2012. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

Obama Calls Karzai, Says To Conclude Security Pact With Successor -- Reuters

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai from Air Force One after departing Afghanistan and said he wants to conclude a security agreement with Karzai's successor, a senior administration official told reporters.

Obama and Karzai discussed progress that had been made by Afghan security forces, the official said, and the U.S. president promised to inform his Afghan counterpart about his decision on how many U.S. troops will remain in the country after 2014 before making it public.

Obama is expected to announce that decision soon.

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Update #1: Barack Obama wants security pact with new Afghan president -- BBC
Update #2: Obama calls Karzai, to make troop decision ’in coming days’ -- Business Recorder

My Comment: I find the dynamics between these two men disturbing. U.S. forces are in Afghanistan allied with the Afghan government in a war against the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies .... but the two Presidents cannot even meet each other .... and when they do talk to each other, it is President Obama calling him on Air Force One after leaving the country.