(BBC).President Obama said Afghanistan would be "a tough nut to crack"
President Barack Obama has said that the US must have an "exit strategy" in Afghanistan, even as Washington sends more troops to fight Taleban militants.
He was speaking in a CBS interview, as the White House prepares to unveil a comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan.
Mr Obama said preventing attacks against the US remained its "central mission" in Afghan operations.
The government of Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said it welcomed the US review but warned against any "quick fixes".
Correspondents say the review comes at a particularly low point in relations between Washington and President Karzai's government.
But only back in September Barack Obama was lecturing Bush and McCain on Afghanistan being the central front in the War on Terror:
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