US President Barack Obama called Afghan leader Hamid Karzai late Thursday to tell him Washington has completed a review of its strategy in Afghanistan and the "war on terror", Karzais office said. "The American president gave information on the key points of the reviewed strategy of his country to the Afghan president and said the strategy will be announced soon," a statement said, giving no more details.
Previous reports said the new strategy is expected to be unveiled at an international meeting on Afghanistan in the Netherlands next Tuesday. Obama has switched the focus of the "war on terror" from Iraq to Afghanistan and ordered 17,000 more US troops for Afghanistan. Karzai is due to attend the meeting in the Netherlands, along with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.