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unhappycamper

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Sat Nov 23, 2013, 07:00 AM Nov 2013

Afghanistan rebuffs U.S. demand to sign security pact

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/22/afghanistan-rebuffs-u-s-demand-to-sign-security-pact/



Afghanistan rebuffs U.S. demand to sign security pact
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, November 22, 2013 10:55 EST

Afghanistan on Friday rebuffed a US demand to sign a highly anticipated security pact as soon as possible, insisting the document must wait until after next year’s presidential election.

Washington warned Kabul on Thursday to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) as soon as possible, with senior officials hinting that delaying beyond the end of this year could mean no post-2014 US troop presence.

The latest US run-in with President Hamid Karzai was set off by the Afghan leader saying the painstakingly negotiated deal would not be signed until after the election in April.

US officials bristled, saying the pact, which governs the conditions of any post-war American counter-terrorism and training mission in Afghanistan, must be signed by the end of the year.




unhappycamper comment: FINALLY.
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