The Afghan Muddle
Despite last-minute brinkmanship by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the US and Afghanistan seem to have worked out a bilateral deal to govern the 8,000-10,000 foreign troops that will remain in the country from next year. But Afghanistan remains a source of significant uncertainty – and high anxiety – in an already unstable region.
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NEW DELHI – Despite some last-minute brinkmanship by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the United States and Afghanistan seem to have worked out a bilateral security agreement to govern the 8,000-10,000 (mostly American) troops that will remain in Afghanistan from next year. But Afghanistan remains a source of significant uncertainty – and high anxiety – in an already unstable region.