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US President Barack Obama says he wishes for stability both in Afghanistan and Pakistan so that the people of the region could get peace and prosperity. He maintained that the final decision about sending troops to Afghanistan or not would be taken in next few weeks. In his meeting with the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Obama observed that any decision about sending troops to Afghanistan was just one aspect of the new Afghan War strategy while the other aspect was to help Afghan people in the fields of agriculture and education. The objectives of any new American policy are to eliminate Al-Qaeda and its allies, Obama observed. On this occasion, Spanish Prime Minster Zaptero announced to continue Spanish cooperation with NATO in Afghanistan. He said that Iran should abide by the international laws on its nuclear program.
