[Quqnoos] Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, met with President Karzai Saturday evening in Kabul
US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry and General Stanley McChrystal, who commands US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, briefed Pelosi and her congressional delegation, the speaker's office said in a statement.
The group then met with Karzai "to discuss the political and security situation in Afghanistan," it added.
Pelosi's delegation included Representative Susan Davis, head of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Representative Donna Edwards of the House Science and Technology Committee and two members of the House Armed Services Committee.
The visit came on the eve of Karzai's departure for talks in Washington with US President Barack Obama, the first since the Afghan leader infuriated the White House with a string of outspoken allegations that foreign nations orchestrated fraud in last year's elections. |