Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen make a joint statement before a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, April 23, 2013. VOA
NATO Chief Doesn't See Karzai Signing Security Pact -- New York Times/Reuters
MUNICH — President Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign a pact for U.S. and NATO forces to stay in Afghanistan after 2014 and will probably leave the choice for his successor, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Saturday.
Kabul and Washington spent months negotiating a legal framework for some U.S. troops to stay on after the end of 2014, when NATO-led forces are due to end combat operations, leaving behind a much smaller training and advisory mission.
But Karzai has said he will not sign the agreement unless certain conditions are met.
The delay has frustrated the United States and its allies, who want to plan the post-2014 training and advisory mission.
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Update: Karzai unlikely to sign Afghan-US security agreement: Rasmussen -- Khaama Press
My Comment: NATO Chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen is probably right.
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