U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Howard Barcus, left, speaks with an Afghan soldier about shaping the future site of a cool-down yard while an Afghan soldier operates a bulldozer on Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2013. Barcus, an engineering mentor, is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 149th Vertical Construction Company, and is attached to the 4th Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric Provost
Disagreements Emerge Ahead Of Debate On U.S. Security Pact -- Wall Street Journal
Loya Jirga Assembly to Consider U.S. Bilateral Amid Bitter Taliban Opposition
KABUL—Fresh disagreements emerged in last-minute negotiations with the U.S. ahead of an Afghan assembly scheduled to begin Thursday that would decide upon America's future military presence here.
Known as the Loya Jirga, the assembly of some 2,500 representatives from all over Afghanistan will consider the so-called bilateral security agreement between Kabul and Washington, a deal bitterly opposed by the Taliban.
Though U.S. officials believed they had reached a final agreement on the text with President Hamid Karzai during his marathon talks with Secretary of State John Kerry last month, new hurdles have emerged.
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More News On The US-Afghan Security Pact Being In Danger Of Falling Apart
Afghan Talks at Impasse Before Vote, Officials Say -- New York Times
U.S.-Afghan Security Pact In Doubt After Hamid Karzai Rejects Provision -- Huffington Post/AP
Afghanistan-US security deal at impasse ahead of jirga -- BBC
S-Afghan security pact collapsing after Karzai refusal -- RT
My Comment: U.S. immunity is the primary issue that is not making this deal happen.
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