Hamid Karzai

How could you permit Americans to bomb your country with a device equal to an atom bomb? Karzai said at a public event in Kabul, questioning President Ashraf Ghani's decision.
Negotiated settlement could well be the most important part of the 2012 reelection campaign. Getting negotiations underway and reporting genuine results could deliver an election-decider to Obama, because it could mean an earlier withdrawal.