Politics | Afghanistan Karzai, White House Mend Fences; Visit On Afghan president will travel to Washington next month as scheduled By Marie Morris Posted Apr 19, 2010 7:25 PM CDT Copied President Obama meets Afghan president Hamid Karzai in Kabul, March 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahmad Masood, Pool) The Obama administration and Hamid Karzai have buried the hatchet, and the Afghan president will visit Washington next month as scheduled, reports the Washington Post. The White House had threatened to call off the visit because of Karzai's recent shenanigans—including a vow to join the Taliban if Afghanistan's Western allies didn't back off—but relations are now "in good shape," according to special envoy Richard Holbrooke. "There was a period where the waters got roiled a little bit," Holbrooke acknowledged. But he said his 2-hour sit-down with Karzai last week in Kabul, their fifth meeting this year, was "the longest, most sustained and most focused" they've had. Read These Next Former NFL QB Mark Sanchez out of hospital, facing charges. NFL fans see same costly gaffe two weeks in a row. Government shutdown enters week two with no end in sight. After 3 months of partying, lottery winner has some regrets. Report an error