Just a day before Bin Laden's anniversary US president Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit.
President Barack Obama today paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan, touching down in the war-torn country one year to the day after al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden died at the hands of elite American troops in neighboring Pakistan.
Journalists traveling with the president reported that him and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have signed a 10-year accord charting future relations between the countries.
The agreement outlines the US role in Afghanistan after 2014, when most Nato combat forces are due to pull out.
After Mr Obama's arrival, Mr Karzai said a post-war agreement would seal an "equal partnership" between Afghanistan and the United States, reports say.
Obama plans to make a televised address to the nation at 7:30 p.m. ET from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
Mr Obama is also due to give a TV address to Americans back home.
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