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Obama visit 'shows confidence'

Obama has three target groups: the Afghan people, the international community and domestic voters, said Tao Wenzhao, an expert at the Institute of American Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Obama would like to pacify the Afghanistan people, show Washington's responsibility to the international community, and show his government's capacity and strength to US citizens, Tao said.

Tao added that the US president is responding to suspicions that the US and Afghanistan are suffering from bad ties because of recent incidents, including the burning of a Quran at the US-run Bagram Air Base near Kabul, and the killing of 16 Afghan villagers by a US soldier.

Despite domestic political considerations, no one could deny that the demise of bin Laden is a victory for the present US government, Tao said.

The strategic partnership agreement guarantees America's continued economic and development aid as well as the promise of a future security arrangement, the New York Times reported.

Two other deals recently signed by the countries gave the Afghan government authority over detentions and transferred primary authority over special operations raids, including night raids, the paper said.

"This agreement will close the season of the past 10 years and is going to open an equal relationship season. With the signing of this agreement, we are starting a phase between two sovereign and independent countries that will be based on mutual respect, mutual commitments and mutual friendship," Karzai said.