State Department official: Negotiations to extend U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan starting soon

[dkf]

Despite statements by Vice President Joe Biden, the State Department is about to begin formal negotiations over the extension of U.S. troops past 2014, a top State Department official said Tuesday.

Last week, U.S. and Afghan negotiators met in Kabul to talk about the Bilateral Security Agreement that will govern the extension of U.S. troops past 2014, when President Barack Obama said the combat mission in Afghanistan will end and the U.S. will complete the transition of the entire country to Afghan government control.

Marc Grossman, the State Department's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, explained today that's not the whole story.

Grossman said Tuesday that the point of the upcoming negotiations is to agree on an extension of the U.S. troop presence well past 2014, for the purposes of conducting counterterrorism operations and training and advising the Afghan security forces.

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/16/state_department_official_negotiations_to_extend_us_troop_presence_in_afghanistan_s

[Bandit]

1. Don't know who to believe anymore..

They are all craven LIARS IMO..Biden was quite emphatic when he said We WILL be out by 2014....

[KansDem]

2. How many years does it require to train security forces?

"Grossman said Tuesday that the point of the upcoming negotiations is to agree on an extension of the U.S. troop presence well past 2014, for the purposes of conducting counterterrorism operations and training and advising the Afghan security forces."

Anything like how we trained Iraq security forces?

[msongs]

3. this is just graft and corruption as usual nt

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. Three word reply: Fuck that shit.