President Barack Obama met Sunday morning with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, just hours before opening a NATO summit where the alliance is set to formalize plans to give Afghanistan#39;s security forces primary responsibility for that country#39;s war next year.

President Barack Obama closes the NATO summit today short of key commitments the U.S. is seeking on Afghanistan, from Pakistan’s reopening of supply lines to guarantees by allies to keep combat troops there through 2014 and fund Afghan security forces for a decade after.

CHICAGO, May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, after meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, said Sunday more work must be done before NATO troops can leave Afghanistan.

Barack Obama warned of “hard days” ahead in Afghanistan as NATO insisted the fighting coalition will remain effective despite France’s plans to yank combat troops out early

President Barack Obama and other NATO leaders sought to demonstrate that the coalition in Afghanistan isn’t unraveling following a pledge by newly elected French President Francois Hollande to withdraw from Afghanistan ahead of the previously set timetable.