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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Afghanistan Afghan coalition helicopter in Kabul, Afghanistan...Afghanistan once Afghan forces take over security by the end of 2014, an alliance official said in Brussels...November 2010 summit in Lisbon, Portugal, where alliance members agreed that...
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Chicago Tribune
| 1 year ago
Afghanistan's deputy foreign minister Jawed Ludin attends talks in Oslo September 30, 2011. Afghanistan's government will push at an upcoming conference of donor countries in Chicago for Afghans to have more control over aid and security assistance...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
A top Afghan official says the United States is promising to help defend Afghanistan militarily for at least the next decade after Afghan forces formally take full control of the their country's security in 2014. Afghan National Security Adviser...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
While the headlines proclaim that thanks to a new draft agreement the U.S. will continue to defend Afghanistan for a decade after the planned 2014 withdrawal of foreign combat forces from that country, the stories themselves make clear that many of...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
| 1 year ago
After months of negotiations, the United States and Afghanistan on Sunday completed drafts of a strategic partnership agreement that pledges U.S. support for Afghanistan for 10 years after the withdrawal of troops at the end of 2014. The agreement,...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 1 year ago
After months of negotiations, the United States and Afghanistan on Sunday completed drafts of the strategic partnership agreement that pledges U.S. support for Afghanistan for 10 years after the withdrawal of troops at the end of 2014.
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CNN
| 1 year ago
Ambassador Ryan Crocker initialed a framework outlining future relations between the United States and Afghanistan...Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Daftar Spanta and U.S...But the agreement leaves vital questions -- like the presence of...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
The heads of the two countries' negotiating teams, Afghanistan's national security advisor Rangin Spanta and U.S...That gathering is expected to provide a blueprint for the final phase of the decade-long war in Afghanistan . The strategic partnership...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Gallery For months, Afghan President Hamid Karzai refused to consider the agreement until American-led night raids were halted and the United States handed over its main military prison to Afghan officials...The document finalized today provides a...
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Fox
| 1 year ago
Afghanistan The U.S. and Afghanistan reached a deal Sunday on a long-delayed strategic partnership agreement that assures the Afghan people their key American ally will not abandon the country military or financially for years after 2014, the...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. and Afghanistan reached a deal Sunday on a long-delayed strategic partnership agreement that assures the Afghan people their key American ally will not abandon the country military or financially for years after 2014, the...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Afghan and U.S. officials said they finalized a draft security deal that will be the framework for their relationship after U.S. troops depart in 2014. The officials, who declined to be identified, told The New York Times the deal was struck Sunday...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Afghan national security adviser Rangin Spanta initialed copies of the agreement, paving the way for President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, to review it. "After much hard work together, we are...
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Reuters
| 1 year ago
Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker speaks to journalists during a news conference in Kabul September 22, 2011.
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MarketWatch
| 1 year ago
The U.S. and Afghanistan officials reached a strategic partnership agreement on Sunday that promises American support for the Middle East country for 10 years after most foreign troops leave in 2014, according to media reports. The completion of the...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
US and Afghan negotiators have finalised a partnership agreement for the US role in Afghanistan after its forces withdraw at the end of 2014. The draft agreement on their long-term relationship was signed in the Afghan capital Kabul after months of...
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Boston.com
| 1 year ago
In this Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 file photo, a member of U.S. special operations forces and an Afghan National Army soldier search for roadside bombs during a joint patrol in Shewan, a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan's Farah province. .
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
Afghanistan, US finalise draft post-2014 deal: Kabul AFP 1 min ago In this Sunday, March 11, 2012 photo, Afghan soldiers, left, walk past a US Army soldier outside of a military base in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan and U.S. officials finalized a long-awaited strategic partnership deal Sunday that is meant to set forth guidelines for U.S. May but a series of disagreements had threatened to derail the partnership in recent months. Some...
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Newyork Times
| 1 year ago
Afghanistan After months of negotiations, the United States and Afghanistan on Sunday finalized drafts of the strategic partnership agreement that pledges American support for Afghanistan for 10 years after the withdrawal of troops at the end of...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Hamid Karzai delivers a speech in Kabul, where he demanded that the US write a funding pledge for a stated amount into the agreement. Photograph: Ahmad Massoud/Xinhua Press/Corbis Afghanistan and the United States have agreed the contents of a long-...
