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US sees more delay likely on Afghan security pact

By Julie Pace

Published February 14, 2014 9:40am ET

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US sees more delay likely on Afghan security pact — In this photo taken late Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 and released by the Turkish Presidency Press Office, Turkish President Abdullah Gul, right, greets his Afghan counterpart President Hamid Karzai in Ankara, Turkey. The White House is dropping its insistence that Afghanistan sign a crucial security pact within weeks, suggesting it could be willing to wait and see whether Karzai's successor might be easier to work with in deciding how many U.S. and international troops remain in Afghanistan when combat concludes at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Turkish Presidency Press Office, Mustafa Oztartan) | Mustafa Oztartan

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has quietly stopped demanding that Afghan President Hamid Karzai finalize a stalled security pact within weeks, opening up the possibility that a decision on keeping U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan after this year might not be made until after Karzai’s successor is elected this spring.

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