Leon Panetta to meet President Karzai
US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday after arriving in Kabul to reaffirm America's commitment to Afghanistan.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday for talks with military leaders amid rising violence in the war against the Taliban and a spate of deadly incidents, including a NATO air strike said to have killed 18 villagers.