visited afghanistan since becoming head of the pentagon. today during a press conference with president karzai he rean formed his support for the current u.s. counter insurgency strategy in afghanistan. at the same time urging afghans to do more to step up so they are taking a larger role in the current strategy. this is in some ways con tick contradictory the u.s. military has said they are making progress but they know they need afghans to do more to make transitioning from the international coalition that is providing security here to that afghan security bubble. there s a lot of pressure on afghans from the international community and from secretary gates for the afghans to do more, to step up. today secretary gates also met with general petraeus the top american commander here, this is part of a strategy to put more pressure on the afghans to step up during this transition phase, which is set