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奥巴马和卡尔扎伊将在白宫会晤 Obama, Karzai Meet at White House

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11 January, 2013

美国总统奥巴马星期五在白宫会晤阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊，讨论美国今后在阿富汗发挥什么作用。这是奥巴马当选连任总统之后他们双方的第一次会晤。

这两位领导人定于星期五下午举行联合记者会。

按照目前的计划规定，美国将在2014年年底之前撤走目前在阿富汗几乎所有近7万的美军。

但是，这项计划取决于很多条件，其中包括阿富汗军队届时是否有能力接管安全事务。目前也还不清楚如果将来有一部分美军留驻阿富汗，他们的使命是什么。

星期四，卡尔扎伊会见了希拉里克林顿国务卿。

早些时候，美国国防部长帕内塔在五角大楼对卡尔扎伊说，在为确保阿富汗不再成为恐怖分子栖身之地，美国和阿富汗已经做出长时间的努力。

卡尔扎伊对美国和阿富汗其他盟友多年来的支持表示感谢。

但是卡尔扎伊经常批评美国在阿富汗的行动，不过他仍表示希望一些美军留驻阿富汗。

U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet Friday at the White House to discuss the future role of the U.S. in Afghanistan, their first meeting since Mr. Obama's re-election.  

The two leaders will hold a joint afternoon news conference.

Current plans call for the U.S. to withdraw nearly all of its nearly 70,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.  

But that plan hinges on a number of conditions, including whether Afghan forces will be able to take over security at that time. It is also unclear what will be the role of the Americans who stay behind, if any do remain.

On Thursday, Mr. Karzai met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Earlier, at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Mr. Karzai that the U.S. and Afghanistan have come a long way towards making sure Afghanistan will never again become a safe haven for terrorism.

Mr. Karzai expressed appreciation for the years of support from the U.S. and Afghanistan's other allies.

But while Mr. Karzai has often criticized U.S. actions in Afghanistan, he also has spoken about his desire for some U.S. presence to remain.