In Afghanistan, 18 people died Tuesday in a suicide bomb attack outside the compound of a provincial governor. The bombing occurred while Afghan President Hamid Karzai was in Washington where he spoke at a news conference with President Bush.

• Hamid Karzai: “We know our problems. We have difficulties. But Afghanistan also knows where the problem is — in extremism, in madrassas preaching hatred, preachers in the name of madrassas preaching hatred. That’s what we should do together to stop. The United States, as our ally, is helping both countries.”