KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai told an assembly of elders on Thursday that President Barack Obama had sent him a letter of assurance that a security pact between the two countries was in Afghanistan's best interest.
Karzai said that Obama promised that U.S. troops would only enter Afghan homes under exceptional circumstances, a request that Karzai has been reluctant to concede to and which held up negotiations until late on Wednesday.
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