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Gen Martin Dempsey has urged the Afghan government to sign a security agreement

US Army Boss: Afghan Pullout Talk May Encourage Taliban -- BBC

US Army boss: Afghan pullout talk may encourage Taliban

Read more .The highest-ranked US military officer has said speculation over the US withdrawal from Afghanistan could "encourage the enemy".

Maj Gen Martin Dempsey said talk of a full withdrawal could lead some Afghan forces to align with the Taliban.

President Barack Obama warned on Monday the US may pull all US troops out of Afghanistan in 2014 if a bilateral security agreement was not signed.

But Afghan President Hamid Karzai has so far refused to sign the agreement.

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US general: Grim Afghan future if no security pact -- Washington Post/AP
Dempsey, U.S. Leaders Discuss Obama’s Afghanistan Decision -- US Department of Defense
Dempsey: Past Year ‘Surprisingly Positive’ for Afghan Forces -- US Department of Defense
General: U.S. Afghan Focus Will Be 'Very Different' After 2014 -- NBC

No bluff: U.S. planning possible withdrawal of all troops from Afghanistan -- CNN
U.S. military prepares for full Afghan withdrawal -- AJC
Contingency Plans Begin for Possible Full Afghanistan Withdrawal -- US Department of Defense
Obama Warns Karzai of a Pullout, But Keeps U.S. Options Open -- Wall Street Journal
Obama Tells Karzai He Is Moving Ahead Without Him -- New York Times
Obama to Karzai: U.S. troops prepping to leave -- Washington Times
Obama orders Pentagon to prepare for complete withdrawal from Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Pentagon Readies Plans For Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan -- NBC
Obama speaks with Karzai, presses on post-combat security agreement -- McClatchy News
Obama tells Karzai U.S. will plan for 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan -- UPI
US warns Afghanistan of complete troop pullout without security deal -- Deutsche Welle
Obama Tells Pentagon to Prepare for Complete Afghan Pullout -- Voice of America
Obama Asks Pentagon to Prepare for Full Afghan Withdrawal -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Obama warns Karzai on security deal -- Global Post/AFP
Obama orders Pentagon to prepare for full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Obama tells Pentagon to plan for Afghan pullout -- Washington Post/AP
Obama prepared to leave no troops in Afghanistan after 2014 -- Reuters

106 Taliban die in separate operations in Afghanistan -- World Bulletin
Security forces kill 57 Taliban across Afghanistan -- Press TV
37 Taliban militants killed, 8 injured in Afghan operations -- Khaama Press
Official: Suicide bomber kills 8 in Afghanistan -- Seattle Times
10 killed, 40 others injured in Uruzgan suicide attack -- Khaama Press
Coordinated attacks foiled in western Ghor province -- Khaama Press
Eyeing Afghan exit, U.S. intensifies campaign against Haqqani militants -- Reuters
Afghan army officers dismissed over Kunar attack -- BBC
Afghanistan sacks officers after Taliban kill 21 soldiers -- Global Post/AFP
Afghans protest inaction after Taliban attack -- Deutsche Welle
Kabul protest after Taliban kill 21 Afghan soldiers -- AFP
Taliban financed and equipped outside Afghanistan: Haidari -- Khaama Press
‘US to keep its troops in Afghanistan only for intelligence purposes’ -- RT

U.S. quietly whittles down foreign detainee population at facility in Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Detainees face uncertainty as U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan -- UPI

First case of Polio in Kabul since 2001 -- Khaama Press
'Deepening' medical crisis in Afghanistan -- BBC
Aid Group Sees Daunting Obstacles to Health Care for Afghans -- New York Times
One in four Afghans has lost someone to violence in past year, says charity -- The Guardian

Survey: Afghans support central government, but path to peace is unclear -- Stars and Stripes/McClatchy News
'The Key to Peace Lies Within Afghanistan, Not Outside' -- Khadija Ghaznawi, Huffington Post
Obama is preparing to abandon Afghanistan to its fate -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

At least 2,174 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 -- FOX News/AP
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