Pundits Split Over Long-Term US Role in Afghanistan

While auditors rush to finish reviewing ballots in Afghanistan’s disputed June 14 presidential runoff election before incumbent Hamid Karzai leaves office, some American foreign policy experts are looking beyond the political standoff to a deadline that will end U.S. military involvement in the war-torn country. That, they say, could further complicate Afghanistan’s security. For years, Washington and Kabul could not come to terms on a bilateral security agreement, which would have...

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