The office of the Afghan president has issued a response to world the United States has begun plans for a full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year.
Afghan presidential spokesperson Aimal Faizi says the move by the US is "common sense" and "normal".
"President Obama in the telephone conversation also said that if the bilateral security agreement was not to be signed until the end of 2014 then there was the possibility of withdrawing completely and that is common sense and normal if there is no agreement signed until end of 2014. However, no such decision was made that the bilateral security agreement will not be signed and the US will fully withdrawal from Afghanistan."
The comments follow a telephone conversation between Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai t
