Afghans Awake to New Agreement with US
President Obama Addresses the US Public on Television (Photo: BBC video)
Tuesday night President Obama flew into Afghanistan after dark for an unannounced visit to the country.
Once in the Afghan capital, Kabul, he and Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a new agreement that governs future relations between the US and Afghanistan.
The agreement commits the US to a role in Afghanistan’s future beyond the 2014 withdrawal date of most US troops.
Hours after President Obama left Afghanistan, at least seven people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Marco Werman talks with Sultana Parvanta, a Kabul resident and a consultant on economic development and women’s issues, about her reaction to President Obama’s visit to Afghanistan last night.
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