WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama will hold a videoconference with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Wednesday as the US administration weighs a calendar to pull out troops, the White House said.
The news came after Obama convened his national security team Monday to discuss the war in Afghanistan and the situation in neighboring Pakistan, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
The White House meeting in the Situation Room comes a little over a month after US Navy SEALs killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at his hideout deep in Pakistan.
A war-weary American public's opposition is growing and patience in Congress is wearing thin as the conflict approaches its 10-year mark with no let-up in sight from the Taliban insurgents and a soaring body-count.
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