Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks during a news conference in Kabul February 9, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Omar Sobhani
Afghanistan Will Sign U.S. Security Pact, Says Germany -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister said on Thursday that he had received assurances from Afghan President Hamid Karzai that his country would sign a security deal with the United States that allows Western troops to remain in the country.
The United States has warned it could withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan unless the pact is signed soon.
Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke to Karzai during a weekend trip to Afghanistan.
"He said to me very clearly: the deal has been negotiated, it would not be amended," Steinmeier told the Bundestag lower house of parliament, saying, however, that Karzai had given no indication of the timing.
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My Comment: When it comes to Afghan President Karzai .... who knows what he is thinking.
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