US Security Adviser, Karzai Tussle Over Security Pact

U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice has told Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the U.S. will pull all troops out of his country after 2014 if he does not promptly sign a security agreement.During a meeting in Kabul on Monday, Mr. Karzai told Rice he will not back down from his refusal to sign the agreement, choosing to defer it to his successor. Instead, Mr. Karzai laid out new demands, including further assurances that U.S. forces will not raid Afghan homes and that America express...

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