Afghans baulk at U.S. push for operations after 2014 - spokesman

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A U.S. bid to run unilateral counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan after 2014 is threatening to derail a security pact between the two countries, an Afghan spokesman said, underlining Afghanistan's tenuous ties with its main backer.

Most foreign combat troops are due to leave by the end of 2014, and the United States has been putting pressure on Afghanistan to finalise a bilateral security agreement by the end of this month.

The pact will set out the terms of a U.S. presence after 2014 and will be followed by similar deals with other countries such as Germany and Italy.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/02/uk-afghanistan-usa-idUKBRE9910CG20131002

[Renew Deal]

1. If they don't want us, we should go

Let Karzai figure out what to do with the Taliban

[Lasher]

2. We should leave Afghanistan right now whether they want us there or not.

But that's not going to happen by the end of 2014. America's longest war has no end in sight.

[winstars]

3. OK then, SEE YA!!! nt

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. I say we let the Afghans run "unilateral counter-terrorism operations" here on our soil.

What's good for the goose....

[former9thward]

5. Who is going to be the last man that wastes their life for this insane war?