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Afghanistan, should we stay or should we go?

Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Poit from Public Radio International.

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Today's meeting between President Obama and Karzai was billed as crucial to mapping the end of America's longest war.

Less than a year ago, the U.S. and NATO promised continued assistance in training for 10 more years, with the Pentagon talking of 6 to 9,000 soldiers.

Then the White House said a zero-trop option was on the table.

Could drones and limited special forces prevent the country's collapse?

We'll hear from the two presidents today, as well as different predictions about Afghanistan's future.

On reporter's notebook letter on, movies, video games, and gun violence.

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Hello again, Warren. Al-Nay back with To the Point. At the Pentagon yesterday, Afghanistan's president Karzai said he hoped the U.S. would make

sure his country would not ever again be threatened by tumorists. But many factors have reduced

his cloud in Washington and with the American people. We'll hear what he and President Obama had to

say after today's White House luncheon. On reporter's notebook, the NRA blames popular culture for incidents like the Sandy Hook

Massacre and Vice President Biden's been meeting with the film and video game industries.

Are they part of the problem? Or an easy scapegoat. First, this news update, a battery fire broke out

this week in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner parked at Logan Airport in Boston, the latest in a series of incidents that

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