Karzai warns against 'initimidation' on US troop deal

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2. There's thought to be less than 100 max al-Qaeda left there

and Karzai had already made it clear that the Taliban would become completely off limits to the US regardless of when an agreement was signed restricting the US solely to the pursuit of remaining al-Qaeda members should they chose to do so.

Broadly speaking AQ proliferated elsewhere largely due to the USA's advertising campaign on their behalf.