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Double Faced Karzai to US: Accept our ‘BSA’ terms or leave

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he will not sign a bilateral security deal with the United States if Washington does not guarantee peace in Afghanistan.

Karzai’s remarks came during a press conference in the capital, Kabul, on Saturday.

He said the signing of the deal would have no positive conclusion if peace and security were not guaranteed.

“If US is not willing to accept our conditions on the BSA (so-called Bilateral Security Agreement) they can leave anytime and Afghan will go without foreigners,” he said.

Karzai also blamed the United States for pursuing wrong policies in the so-called fight against terrorism.

The Afghan president said it would not be tolerable for Afghans if innocent people were killed even after the security agreement is signed.

In addition, the Afghan president warned that pressures and psychological wars would not prompt him to sign the deal.

Karzai had previously accused the United States of not providing the country with military supplies in an attempt to pressure him to sign the controversial deal.

Elsewhere in his press conference, Karzai condemned the US military detentions in the war-torn country, describing the notorious prison at the Bagram Airbase in eastern Afghanistan as a Taliban-making factory.

The Afghan president said inmates at Bagram have been insulted and tortured by American forces.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged the Afghan government to sign the BSA with the US as a matter of urgency.

The deal allows the US to keep thousands of its troops in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 withdrawal date.

Afghan activists say the security treaty between Washington and Kabul will pave the way for a prolonged US military presence in the war-ravaged country.

Afghan political figures have also heaped scorn on US-led forces for committing unforgivable crimes against Afghan women and children since invading the country in 2001.

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