Us Afghanistan Troops Pact

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  Mike Pompeo To Attend Signing Of US-Taliban Troop Withdrawal Pact

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will witness the signing of a US-Taliban agreement on a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, President Donald Trump said on Friday, heralding an agreement that could help his re-election campaign.

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  "Could Win Afghan War In A Week, Just Don't Want To Kill 10 Million": Trump

  President Donald Trump on Monday hailed Pakistan's help in advancing peace talks in Afghanistan, a marked shift in tone as the United States seeks an accord with the Taliban to end almost 18 years of war.

• Afghanistan and US Sign Long-Delayed Troop Pact

  Afghanistan and the United States on Tuesday signed a deal to allow about 10,000 US troops to stay in the country next year, as new President Ashraf Ghani took a major step towards mending frayed ties with Washington.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Blast near Kabul venue for US troop talks, major security breach

  An apparent suicide attack struck Kabul on Saturday next to the venue where Afghanistan's political and tribal elites will debate a vital security pact with the US.

• 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.

• Afghans 'ready' to sign US security pact: Hamid Karzai

  The Afghan president told the top US military commander on Monday that he was ready in principle to let American troops stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014, a month after suspending security talks.

• Afghans, US sign deal on night raids

  The Afghan government and the US signed a deal on Sunday governing night raids by American troops, resolving an issue that had threatened to derail a larger pact governing a US presence in the country for decades to come.