National Security Advisor Rice to meet Afghan president: spokesman

KABUL - U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice will hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday amid uncertainty about the future of U.S. troops in the country, a spokesman for Rice told Reuters. The meeting comes a day after an assembly of Afghan elders, known as a Loya Jirga, voted to approve a security pact with the United States that would set out terms for any U.S. troops who stay on after most foreign forces withdraw next year. The security pact would let U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan after a NATO-led combat mission ends next year. President Barack Obama would decide about a further U.S. presence after Afghan authorities approved the deal, U.S. officials say.
Source: REUTERS
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