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In reply to the discussion: 2024? Really. No wonder this place is almost 'speechless' right now. Not even a poll. Just [View all]steve2470
(37,457 posts)8. U.S. pledges financial, support role to Afghans through 2024
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018048900_afghanistan23.html
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's national-security adviser, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, initialed a final draft of the agreement with U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, according to emailed statements from Karzai's office and the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.
The two countries have a month to review and sign the deal by the May 21 NATO summit conference in Chicago, a goal voiced last month by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. That gathering is expected to produce a plan for the final phase of the decadelong war in Afghanistan.
The document pledges American financial support for Afghanistan through 2024 and refers to the ongoing U.S. role in bolstering Afghan democracy and civil society.
The specifics of the U.S. commitment have yet to be formally outlined and could be governed by future agreements.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's national-security adviser, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, initialed a final draft of the agreement with U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, according to emailed statements from Karzai's office and the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.
The two countries have a month to review and sign the deal by the May 21 NATO summit conference in Chicago, a goal voiced last month by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. That gathering is expected to produce a plan for the final phase of the decadelong war in Afghanistan.
The document pledges American financial support for Afghanistan through 2024 and refers to the ongoing U.S. role in bolstering Afghan democracy and civil society.
The specifics of the U.S. commitment have yet to be formally outlined and could be governed by future agreements.
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2024? Really. No wonder this place is almost 'speechless' right now. Not even a poll. Just [View all]
Purveyor
May 2012
OP
The end of the war was just announced. Our cooperation with the Afghanistan government will continue
phleshdef
May 2012
#16
Afghan military until 2024 at $4 billion per year? israel will be pissed~~ eom
Purveyor
May 2012
#38