{"id":12767,"date":"2014-02-26T04:33:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T04:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/us-plans-full-afghanistan-pullout\/"},"modified":"2014-02-26T04:32:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T04:32:52","slug":"us-plans-full-afghanistan-pullout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-plans-full-afghanistan-pullout\/","title":{"rendered":"US Plans Full Afghanistan Pullout"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4333 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/re4-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{President Barack Obama has warned his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai that the US may pull all of its troops out of his country by the year&#8217;s end.}}<\/p>\n<p>Mr Obama conveyed the message in a phone call to Mr Karzai, who has refused to sign a security agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The US insists this agreement must be in place before it commits to leaving some troops behind for counter-insurgent operations and training.<\/p>\n<p>The US has had troops in Afghanistan since 2001 when it toppled the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>Its forces went into the country following the 9\/11 attacks on the US. With Afghan and Western allies, they quickly overthrew the Taliban authorities, but have faced insurgent attacks since then.<\/p>\n<p>Correspondents say the disagreement over the bilateral security agreement (BSA) is the latest step in the long and deteriorating relationship between Washington and Mr Karzai, who was once seen as a key US ally.<\/p>\n<p>The BSA, which offers legal protection for US troops and defines a post-2014 Nato training and anti-insurgent mission, was agreed by the two countries last year after months of negotiation.<\/p>\n<p>It was endorsed at a national gathering (Loya Jirga) of Afghan elders in Kabul in November.<\/p>\n<p>wirestory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{President Barack Obama has warned his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai that the US may pull all of its troops out of his country by the year&#8217;s end.}} Mr Obama conveyed the message in a phone call to Mr Karzai, who has refused to sign a security agreement. 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