President Barack Obama would consider a plan for post-2014 Afghanistan that would leave no American troops in the country, a senior US official said, ahead of talks with President Hamid Karzai later this week. Officials however stressed that Obama, mulling how quickly to draw down US soldiers from the country,…
President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday. The President is scheduled to discuss the future of the NATO mission in Afghanistan from Bagram Air Base at 7:30 p.m. ET. Watch live video, courtesy of MSNBC, below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about…
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