President Barack Obama will unveil the findings of a highly anticipated review of US policy in Pakistan and Afghanistan tomorrow after repeatedly warning the United States is not winning its seven-year war in Afghanistan.
"The president is making calls and briefing members of Congress based on the conclusion of that review, which the president will announce tomorrow at the White House," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told a news conference.
With violence in Afghanistan at a peak high, Mr Obama has said the United States and its Nato allies must do more to stabilise the country. US-led forces invaded in 2001 to topple the Taliban for harbouring the al-Qaeda leaders behind the September 11th attacks on the United States.
"The president will outline what is the best strategy going forward so that those extremists do not have a safe haven . . . and plot additional attacks on this country or other countries," Gibbs said.
Mr Obama is to meet Republican and Democratic senators at the White House today to discuss the review.
Taliban-led attacks in Afghanistan have escalated in the past year with suicide and roadside bombings growing.
A would-be suicide bomber in Afghanistan accidentally blew himself up today, killing six other militants as he bid them farewell to head to his target, Afghan officials said.
The United States also warned North Korea today that a missile launch by Pyongyang would be "provocative" and in violation of United Nations resolutions.
Reuters