ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Barack Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday and will make a decision about American troops in the country post-2014 “in the coming days,” a senior administration official said.
Following a surprise visit during which the two leaders did not meet despite an offer from the US president, Obama told his counterpart over the phone aboard Air Force One that he would be in touch “before he publicly announces or articulates his troop decision,” the official said.
That decision is expected to take place “in the coming days,” the official added. Earlier, on a four-hour visit to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Obama renewed his commitment to a limited presence in Afghanistan for US and NATO troops after the withdrawal of combat forces at the end of the year.
