Afghan Us Security Pact

• US intelligence director does not believe Hamid Karzai will sign security pact

  The US director of national intelligence said on Tuesday he does not expect Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a bilateral security agreement with the United States.

• Afghanistan can't 'keep deferring' decision on security pact: US

  The United States and its allies cannot continue to put off decisions about a post-2014 mission in Afghanistan, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said, urging Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a pact allowing US troops to stay beyond this year.

• Deadline for Afghan security pact could slip into January: White House

  The White House would like Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a bilateral security agreement by the end of the year, but the deadline could slip into early January, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

• US says 'someone else' can sign Afghan security pact as Karzai holds out

  The US has, for the first time, officially, said that someone other than Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai can sign the security deal that could keep up to 15,000 US troops in the country till 2024 and beyond.

• Taliban back Hamid Karzai in US pact dispute

  Taliban insurgents fighting against the US-backed Afghan government expressed their support on Monday for President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a security pact with Washington.

• Afghan elders back US security pact, but President Hamid Karzai uncertain

  An assembly of Afghan elders endorsed on Sunday a security deal to enable U.S. troops to operate in the country beyond next year, but President Hamid Karzai left the matter up in the air by refusing to say whether he would sign it into law.

• Hamid Karzai to advise delaying US-Afghan pact in closing speech: spokesman

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai will call for a security pact with the United States to be delayed until after an April election when he gives a closing speech to a grand assembly that will decide on the deal.

• Afghanistan rejects US call for quick backing for troop deal

  A spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday rejected a call by the United States to sign a security pact by the end of the year rather than after next year's presidential election.

• Afghanistan wants to delay crucial US security deal

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai told his countrymen on Thursday a vital security pact with the United States should not come into effect until after next year's election and conceded there was little trust between the two countries.

• Afghan-US security pact will only be signed after elections: Hamid Karzai

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that a possible security deal with the US would only be signed after presidential elections next year to assure Washington's cooperation in the war-torn nation's polls.

• Hamid Karzai says Barack Obama sent letter saying pact in Afghan interest

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai told an assembly of elders on Thursday that President Barack Obama had sent him a letter of assurance that a security pact between the two countries was in Afghanistan's best interest.

• Hamid Karzai says doesn't trust US, but needs security pact

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a meeting of tribal elders and political leaders on Thursday they should support a vital security pact with the United States, but acknowledged there was little trust between the two nations.

• Karzai calls on Taliban to participate elders assembly on US deal

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday called on the Taliban and their allies to join an assembly on a security pact that could allow some US troops to stay in the country after 2014.

• Dispute on immunity for US troops blocks Afghan-US security pact

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai ended two days of talks on a bilateral security pact on Saturday without a deal because they could not agree on the issue of legal immunity for U.S. troops.

• John Kerry meets Hamid Karzai in Kabul to press for security deal

  US Secretary of State John Kerry met President Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan on Friday to try to advance negotiations over a security pact that have stalled over two issues that have become deal breakers for the Afghan government.