it could mark the beginning of the end of the war there. listen. neither americans nor the afghan people asked for this war, yet for a decade we ve stood together to drive al qaeda from its camps to battle an insurgency and to give the people of afghanistan the possibility to live in peace and in dignity. the wages of war have been great for both our nations but today with the signing of this strategic partnership agreement we look forward to a future of peace. our nick payton-walsh is live in kabul. there were attacks in kabul two weeks ago that really rocked the capital. reporter: absolutely, this is a place where presidential security detail didn t feel enormously comfortable bringing him in daylight. u.s. and afghan officials doing their best to quash rumors about seven or eight hours ago that he was already in kabul. as you saw the president there addressing a hangar, many of those troops will perhaps be on their way home, bagram being a hub or many troops returnin