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Afghanistan admits 'failure' to reach security deal with US
[Pak Daily Times] Afghanistan and the United States have not yet agreed on several issues in a bilateral security pact, a senior Afghan front man said, raising the prospect that Washington may yet pull out all of its troops next year unless differences are ironed out. Two years ago, the United States ended its military mission in Iraq with a similar "zero option" outcome after the failure of talks with Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... For almost a year, Washington and Kabul have been seeking to conclude a Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) that will help determine how many US soldiers and bases remain in Afghanistan after most foreign combat troops exit by the end of next year. US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... told news hounds at the end of a visit to Kabul this month that there was just one issue outstanding - Washington's demand that its troops be immune from Afghan law and tried in the United States instead. But this request was not even raised in the two days Kerry was in Kabul, said Aimal Faizi, the front man for Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... "A lot of progress has been made on the document, but it is not finalised," Faizi told Rooters in an interview at the presidential palace. "If we do not reach a final agreement on this draft, it will go to the Loya Jirga and the Afghan people will be able to look at the issues remaining." Faizi said. "If it's unfinished, it means that there are some areas even the two governments have not yet reached an agreement on." The Loya Jirga, an assembly of tribal elders, is to meet in November to discuss the security agreement. US President Barack Obama ...I am not a dictator! 's administration however regards the language hammered out during Kerry's visit as final. "The text that will be presented to the Loya Jirga is what we left Afghanistan with on Saturday (Oct 12)," US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told news hounds last week. US officials are increasingly impatient to conclude the deal because they need time to implement plans for 2015. Washington wanted it done by the summer and most recently set an Oct 31 deadline, but there is now no chance of a deal until late November. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-23 |
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