Troubles mount up for Hagel on first Afghan visit
- Published: 10 Mar 2013 at 21.49
- Online news: World
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first trip to Afghanistan was overshadowed on Sunday by a contentious speech by President Hamid Karzai and a security scare that forced their press conference to be cancelled.
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (L) walks from a meeting with Afghanistan's Defence Minister Bismallah Khan Mohammadi (R) at the International Security Assistance Force headquartersin Kabul on March 10, 2013. Hagel's first trip to Afghanistan was overshadowed on Sunday by a contentious speech by President Hamid Karzai and a security scare that forced their press conference to be cancelled.
Karzai and Hagel's appearance in front of the cameras was to be a key part of the Pentagon chief's visit to Afghanistan as strained US-Afghan relations focus on the withdrawal of NATO-led foreign troops by the end of 2014.
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