Secret U.S. and Afghanistan Talks Could See Troops Stay for Decades
Submitted on June 13, 2011
By Jason Burke in Kabul - Monday 13 June 2011
American and Afghan officials are locked in increasingly acrimonious secret talks about a long-term security agreement which is likely to see US troops, spies and air power based in the troubled country for decades...Though not publicized, negotiations have been under way for more than a month to secure a strategic partnership agreement which would include an American presence beyond the end of 2014...
