Security risks, frayed relations dog US, Afghans

  • Monday, March 11th, 2013
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, meets with Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang at the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) headquarters in Kabul, on Sunday. It is Hagel’s first official trip since being sworn-in as Obama’s Defense Secretary.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, meets with Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang at the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) headquarters in Kabul, on Sunday. It is Hagel’s first official trip since being sworn-in as Obama’s Defense Secretary.