agreement. it prom is americansupport for afghanistan through 2024. the president excuse me, 2014. the president made some brief remark, headed back to bagram for a rally with the troops. the vast majority, about 90,000, are american right now. a short time later, just about half an hour ago, mr. obama spoke to the united states laying out his vision for ending america s longest war. saying afghanistan is where the war began and where it will end. here s a portion of his address. today i signed a historic agreement between the united states and afghanistan that defines a new kind of relationship between our countries. a future in which afghans are responsible for the security of their nation and we build an equal partnership between two sovereign states. a future in which war ends and new chapter begins. ten years ago, the united states and our allies went to war to make sure that al qaeda could never again use this country to launch attacks against us. despite initial su
america s longest running war after a trip to afghanistan by president obama. the unannounced visit to kabul was full of secrecy and symbolism, be but not very many specifics. a tough reminder that there s a long way to go in that country. suicide car bomber and taliban militants disguised attacked a housing compound. nick paton walsh is live with us. good morning. reporter: good morning. it appears the suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into what s known as the green village here. close to the center of kabul, a place where many foreign contractors and ex-pats live in supposed maximum security and safety. it s unclear what happened after this initial explosion. some suggestion guards shot back and suggestions other attackers disguised in the head to toe female garments distinctive to afghanistan rushed. no matter how this panned out, we saw seven afghan civilians killed, one of which was a school child and ten school children injured. many afghans asleep when pr
it s still tough. i know the battle s not yet over. some of your buddies are going to get injured. and some of your buddies may get killed. and there s going to be heart break and pain and difficulty ahead. but there s a light on the horizon. because of the sacrifices you ve made. cnbc political analyst and joe williams, white house reporter for politico. gentlemen, i don t know if you were as skired as i was, but there was a commander-in-chief meeting with some in scary sit yaegss on post, during the night and day. and there he is telling countries behind them. whether that s true or not, i can only imagine chris, that s
look back and say not only was this the greatest fighting force in the history of the world, but all of you also represented the values of america in exemplary ways. i could not be prouder of you. i want you to know it s still tough. i want you to know the battle is not yet over. some of your buddies are going to get injured. some of your buddies may get killed and they re going to be heart break and pain and difficulty ahead. but there s a light on the horizon because of the sacrifices you ve made.
huge deal. set the scene. reporter: this is a big deal, wolf. a trip by the president of the united states to a war zone like afghanistan is extraordinary and this is only the third time that president obama has made this trip. it s been over a year. the last time he was there was in december 2010 and furthermore, at the presidential palace which is where he is right now for brief remarks with president hamid karzai and to sign the strategic partnership agreement with afghanistan to talk about the u.s. relationship with afghanistan beyond 2014. that s extraordinary. the last time the president was in afghanistan in december of 2010 he could not make that trip from bagram air force base which is about 30 miles or so north of kabul to the palace because of weather concerns, and certainly security is always a concern as the president is in the comfort of the air force base. if you look at past trip, wolf, the last one only lasted four hours and it s very late at night in afgha