Karzai, McChrystal on the road again in show of unity: "President Hamid Karzai and the head of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Sunday made another public show of unity, to bolster the Afghan leader's position before key military offensives.
Karzai and General Stanley McChrystal met about 250 tribal elders and lawmakers in northeastern Kunduz province, which has seen a significant increase in Taliban attacks since early last year.
It is the second time in as many weeks that the pair have headed into the heart of the Afghan countryside to meet local leaders and comes a day after the general showed Karzai around NATO's heavily-fortified Kabul headquarters."
