President Barack Obama has thanked Afghanistan's leaders for ratifying a bilateral security agreement allowing US troops to stay in the country after this year.
The White House says Obama yesterday spoke by video conference with President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah. They spoke shortly after the release of a Senate report on harsh interrogation techniques the US used during the George W Bush administration.
The report includes details of interrogations at a facility referred to as COBALT, which is understood as the CIA's "Salt Pit" facility in Afghanistan.
The White House readout of the video conference did not mention the Senate report. Instead, it said the leaders focused on the impending end of the US combat mission in Iraq and the mission to train and advise Afghan forces.
