US Intel Chief: Afghan President Karzai Will Not Sign The US-Afghan Security Pact

US Intel Chief: Karzai Unlikely To Sign US-Afghan Pact -- Voice of America

CAPITOL HILL — America's top intelligence official says Afghan President Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign a security agreement with the United States, leaving the long-term relationship between the two countries undefined as U.S. combat troops withdraw.

For months, the United States has urged Karzai to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) he negotiated with the Obama administration. But Karzai has refused. U.S. intelligence chief James Clapper told senators the deal may not be finalized on President Karzai's watch.

"It takes two [people] to sign this. And my own view, not necessarily company [official U.S.] policy, is I do not believe President Karzai is going to sign it," said Clapper.

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