U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai sometime during the week of January 7 at the White House, spokesman Jay Carney said Friday. “The president and President Karzai look forward to discussing a shared vision of Afghanistan beyond 2014, to include the post-2014 role of the United States in Afghanistan," Carney told reporters. “Their meeting will be an important opportunity to discuss implementation of the strategic partnership the two presidents signed in May, to include the progress we're making in negotiating the bilateral security agreement that would replace our current SOFA, and lay out the rules of the road for a potential U.S. military presence after 2014," the spokesman said. “The president also looks forward to discussing an Afghan-led peace process as well as the region and the future of Afghanistan's security forces," Carney said.
