Karzai Resists Signing U.S. Accord as Susan Rice Visits
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai continued to resist U.S. demands to sign a security accord before April presidential elections, as U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice traveled to Afghanistan to meet with him.
“The U.S. waited for two years, but can’t wait for only five months more -- why are they in a hurry?” Karzai said yesterday in Kabul after about 2,500 tribal elders, intellectuals and politicians endorsed the deal and urged him to act without delay. “After we are assured we have guaranteed peace and security in the whole country, and secure elections, I will sign it.”