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US forces to remain post-2014: US-puppet Karzai

shirsoleiman20120216062952140Afghan President Hamid Karzai has decided to allow the United States’ forces to maintain bases in the war-torn country beyond the 2014 withdrawal deadline.

Karzai said on Saturday that the US military will be able to keep bases in Afghanistan after signing a bilateral security agreement with Afghan authorities, that sets certain conditions for the US.

The Afghan president said the presence of the US military bases in Afghanistan should serve the interests of his country.

Karzai had confirmed for the first time in 2011 that the US President Barack Obama administration had demanded the establishment of a system of permanent US military bases across the country.

On May 2, 2012, Obama and Karzai signed a deal that authorized the presence of US troops for a period of 10 years after 2014, which was the original date agreed earlier for the departure of all foreign combat troops from Afghanistan.

On May 26, Afghanistan’s parliament approved the security pact.

On October 7, 2001, former US President George W. Bush announced the beginning of the war on Afghanistan, which has become the longest-running war in the US history.

Civilian and troop casualties continue to mount in Afghanistan.

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