Crunch Time For U.S. And NATO Soldiers In Afghanistan. President Obama Is Mulling The 'Zero Option'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqtcVsEGML7OubDhrgHgcRAPa7UowUsUI_aT54QThC1APWEvfAT_D0Uj2S2619BeAxPABJOmq6TD7py9DRHLPb05Maw8smLS-Nn8HEltQQ0nBPvx4gRNZ326Iry7DekoNSrgrPwVbE_K9/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqtcVsEGML7OubDhrgHgcRAPa7UowUsUI_aT54QThC1APWEvfAT_D0Uj2S2619BeAxPABJOmq6TD7py9DRHLPb05Maw8smLS-Nn8HEltQQ0nBPvx4gRNZ326Iry7DekoNSrgrPwVbE_K9/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The US has had troops in Afghanistan since 2001. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26346115">BBC</a></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NATO To Hold Crunch Afghanistan Talks As Obama Weighs Military 'Zero Option' -- The Guardian</b></span></div><br />Allies to discuss military presence in Afghanistan amid growing acceptance that Karzai will not sign bilateral security agreement<br /><br />Nato defence ministers will meet this week to discuss its future military presence in Afghanistan as Barack Obama weighs whether to order the Pentagon to begin preparations for a total withdrawal of all US forces at the end of this year.<br /><br />The crunch meeting in Brussels on Wednesday comes amid growing acceptance in Washington that Afghan president Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign a bilateral security agreement (BSA) finalised last November for a residual US security force to remain after the bulk of its troops pull out in 2014.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/24/nato-talks-afghanistan-obama-zero-option">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Reports That President Obama Is Considering The Zero Option For Afghanistan</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-karzai-discuss-stalled-security-agreement/2014/02/25/f4bc74a4-9e39-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html">Obama tells Pentagon to plan for Afghan pullout</a> -- Washington Post/AP<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/25/us-afghanistan-usa-obama-idUSBREA1O1B420140225">Obama prepared to leave no troops in Afghanistan after 2014</a> -- Reuters<br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/25/obama-discusses-stalled-security-agreement-with-afghan-president-karzai/">Obama asks Pentagon for complete Afghanistan withdrawal plan, speaks with Karzai</a> -- FOX News<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26346115">US planning full Afghan pullout, Obama tells Karzai</a> -- BBC<br /><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/02/us-plans-full-troop-pullout-from-afghanistan-201422517730747909.html">US plans full troop pullout from Afghanistan </a>-- Al Jazeera<br /><a href="http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/120186-obama-warns-karzai-on-security-deal">Obama Warns Karzai on Security Deal</a> -- Naharnet<br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/02/25/obama-warns-karzai-bsa/5808959/">Obama warns Karzai he's running out of time for BSA </a>-- USA Today<br /><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/02/25/readout-president-obama-s-call-president-karzai">Readout of President Obama’s Call with President Karzai </a>-- White House

Crunch Time For U.S. And NATO Soldiers In Afghanistan. President Obama Is Mulling The 'Zero Option'

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