He visited the country on Tuesday on the first anniversary of the death of Osama Bin Laden.

The United States President, Barack Obama on Tuesday May 1, 2012 paid a visit to Afghanistan during which he addressed Americans, pledging to conclude the war, the BBC reported.

He arrived in Afghanistan on a publicly unannounced visit to sign an agreement on future Afghan-US ties with President Hamid Karzai. Speaking a year after US Special Forces killed Osama Bin Laden in neighbouring Pakistan, Obama thanked US troops and hailed plans to end combat operations.

According to Radio Deutsche Welle, the long-term agreement President Barack Obama signed during the seven-hour visit reportedly outlines American military and financial support for Afghanistan beyond 2014 when NATO forces are due to end their combat mission. However, full details of the deal were not disclosed.

It was after midnight in Kabul when the signing of agreement took place and 4 a.m. there when Obama addressed Americans in a specially arranged address. By the time most Afghans woke up on Wednesday, Obama was already gone, the Associated Press reported.

Sounding so upbeat in his televised address from the Bagram Airbase, the US leader said he could see the light of a new day on the horizon. He explained that America’s goal had been to destroy al Qaeda, and that it was being done. He however insisted that the war must be ended responsibly.

Hours after Obama’s speech, at least seven people died in attacks in the capital, Kabul. Afghan officials said at least two suicide bombers targeted a guest house frequented by foreigners in the eastern part of the capital, saying at least four of those killed were from a nearby school. The Taliban later claimed responsibility for the attacks.

But analysts say President Barack Obama in effect presented two messages during the visit - that the US is both leaving Afghanistan and staying there. The different messages are mean for different audiences, one at home and one, foreign. The more important audience is American voters who are said to be fed up with a war that will be in its 12^th year on Election Day this November.