White House Says Pursuing Afghan Security Agreement On Troops -- Reuters
(Reuters) - The United States is pressing Afghanistan to sign a bilateral security agreement for U.S. troops to remain in that country, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Wednesday, a day after the director of national intelligence said he did not expect the pact to be signed.
"We continue to seek the BSA. We continue to press the Afghan government to sign the agreement," Carney said.
The United States wants to keep 10,000 troops in Afghanistan after the pullout of most foreign forces at the end of this year, but has warned it could pull out all of its troops unless the pact is signed soon.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign the security agreement so far.
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