BOSTON (AP) – U.S. Sen. John Kerry is turning his attention to how the United States should end the war in Afghanistan in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden.

The Massachusetts Democrat is holding two hearings in Washington this week that he says will help articulate a policy of how the war in Afghanistan should end “in a way that makes America stronger.”

Kerry, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said a second hearing this week will examine the United States’ strategic relationship with Afghanistan’s neighbor, Pakistan.

Kerry said that while bin Laden‘s death closes an important chapter in the country’s war against extremists, the threat from Al Qaeda and its affiliated groups remains.

The Committee has already conducted 14 oversight hearings on the war in Afghanistan.

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