U.S. relations with Mr. Karzai are strong - washingtonpost

Regarding the Nov. 3 front-page article "Karzai is wild card for U.S. strategy":

I never said to President Hamid Karzai that we believed "a runoff would be necessary." Our position, which I outlined to him, was that the United States would be supportive of any outcome that followed the laws of Afghanistan. - Karzai is wild card for US strategy‎

5 British soldiers slain by Afghan policeman