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Kerry, in Pakistan Visit, Sees Longer U.S. Role in Afghanistan
Source: New York Times
Kerry, in Pakistan Visit, Sees Longer U.S. Role in Afghanistan
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Published: August 1, 2013
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that he expected the United States and Afghanistan to complete a security agreement that would allow American forces to stay in Afghanistan after 2014.
“I am personally confident that we will have an agreement,” Mr. Kerry said during a visit here.
Mr. Kerry’s comments appeared intended to reassure the Afghanistan and Pakistan governments that the United States was not abandoning the region.
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Mr. Kerry declined to say what issues remained to be settled in the talks over the Bilateral Security Agreement, as the accord that is being worked out by the United States and Afghanistan is known.
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By MICHAEL R. GORDON
Published: August 1, 2013
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that he expected the United States and Afghanistan to complete a security agreement that would allow American forces to stay in Afghanistan after 2014.
“I am personally confident that we will have an agreement,” Mr. Kerry said during a visit here.
Mr. Kerry’s comments appeared intended to reassure the Afghanistan and Pakistan governments that the United States was not abandoning the region.
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Mr. Kerry declined to say what issues remained to be settled in the talks over the Bilateral Security Agreement, as the accord that is being worked out by the United States and Afghanistan is known.
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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/asia/kerry-in-pakistan-visit-sees-longer-us-role-in-afghanistan.html