Forging ahead, President Karzai stirs Afghanistan away from Washington’ shadow

... on the ground several tens of thousands of men strong at a cost of $4.1 billion per year. Since the US made clear that it would not sustain its military aid package to Afghanistan should Kabul choose not to sign the US Bilateral Security Agreement, NATO finds itself at a difficult fork in the road. In view of its findings and deductions, CNA advised the United States to keep both international military advisers and troops in Afghanistan, until “at least 2018”. The report read, “Our ...