Karzai coming to Washington
President Hamid Karzai says he will meet President Barack Obama in Washington next
month to discuss a postwar U.S. role in his country. At a news conference with
visiting Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Karzai said he and Mr. Obama will discuss
how many U.S. troops will remain after the Western combat mission ends in December
2014. Immunity from Afghan laws for those remaining Americans is said to be of great
importance" to Obama administration, but Karzai said he has his own priorities in
negotiating a postwar U.S. role.


