Karzai Reiterates US Security Deal Refusal

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has reiterated he will not sign a security pact with the United States until the U.S. agrees to end raids on Afghan homes and to broker a peace process with the Taliban. Karzai said the two conditions were "absolute prerequisites" for him to endorse the agreement. The Afghan president made his comments Saturday in New Delhi, the second day of his three-day visit to India. The security pact calls for U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan after...

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