under taliban mortar fight. he went from there to kabul where he and hamid karzai signed that strategic partnership agreement. it prom is american suppo supposupport 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 a