State Department Official: Negotiations to Keep Troops in Afghanistan Past 2014

Josh Rogin
ForeignPolicy.com
October 16, 2012

Despite statements by Vice President Joe Biden, the State Department is about to begin formal negotiations over the extension of U.S. troops past 2014, a top State Department official said Tuesday.

Last week, U.S. and Afghan negotiators met in Kabul to talk about the Bilateral Security Agreement that will govern the extension of U.S. troops past 2014, when President Barack Obama said the combat mission in Afghanistan will end and the U.S. will complete the transition of the entire country to Afghan government control.

Also last week, Biden told Americans during his Oct. 11 debate with Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan that U.S. troops were leaving Afghanistan by 2014.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 1:50 pm

Tags: domestic news, terrorism, war

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