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Taliban-controlled, so the timing, how the reconciliation works, at what point do the taliban start making different calculations about whats in their interests and how the afghan people feel about these issues is in part going to be dependent upon our success in terms of carrying out our mission now. so we are very i think an important partner in facilitating this potential reconciliation and effectively empowering the afghan government so that it is in the strongest possible position as these ...

With the strong efforts that president karzai has made thursday far, and i think that we both agree that were going to have to make more efforts in the future, and there are going to be setbacks, there are going to be times when our governments disagree on a particular tactic, but what im very confident about is that we share a broad strategy, one that i hope we can mem orize in -- memorialize in a declaration by the end of this year. >> sir, the relationship between afghanistan and the united s...

We are in a campaign against terrorism together. there are days that we are happy, there are days that we are not happy. its a mutual relationship. towards a common objective. and definitely, days have come in which weve had differences of opinion and definitely days in the future will come in which we have differences of opinion. but the nteations well-rooted and hayears of desreme activity on both so believe what you a monhs is reflve of d stro relationship, andiden on yt descrid, there a mome...

Government disagree tactically but i think our overarching approach is unified and i think that the visit by president karzai to the united states and his welingsness to listen to our concerns even as we listen to his, as he indicated, only makes the relationship stronger. thank you very much, everybody. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. jon a grand diplomatic setting, the very formal east room of the white house there, for a news conference. a lot of glowing words between two leaders who d...

Afghanistan is a partner and a friend with the united states. the united states is our greatest contributor to stability and reconstruction, as the provider of 80 percent of the support that afghanistan receives. and afghanistans desire to engage in a strong, steady, long-term relationship with america is one that we have expressed clearly and publicly and repeatedly. weve also spoken with our american counterparts from the very beginning that iran is our neighbor, and a brother, and we want to ...

Weve got time for two questions from the u.s. press, two questions from the afghan press. and so i will start with mark noeler of cbs radio. where is mark? there he is. >> gentlemen, it sounds from your statements as though youve been able to put aside the tensions and frictions that were in evidence a month or so ago. can you tell us if you discussed those concerns that were raised at that time? and have you figured out how the relationship may have come off the tracks, and mr. president, let m...

Hamid karzai was wounded by that and he reacted in a way that damaged the u.s. relationship with afghanistan. for political consumption the white house says hamid karzai did make that threat. never taken seriously here, but he said if you keep laying on me i might join the taliban or i might think about that. all that led the white house to dramatically shift the way the issues are being presented publicly. now its all about diplomatic buttering up. this is prime diplomatic real estate for any h...