News of the US troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014 is about to become official as both parties are about to sign an agreement on Tuesday.
The security agreement which will be signed by the leaders of the two countries involved is said to officially allow the American soldiers to remain in the country even when 2014 is over. The upcoming agreement will soon be strengthened as several news reports claim that the newly elected President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai has considered the said idea. His decision to cooperate with the American forces was a contrast to his predecessor, former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai, who actually did not welcome the troops coming from the US.
The signing of the vital security deal between the two nations will involve representatives coming from both parties who will take the responsibility of signing. According to a report from Reuters, Ghani will have someone to represent him on Tuesday's signing while Fox News revealed that it will be John Podesta, a senior adviser to President Obama who will sign the treaty on behalf of the America's president.
Other news also suggests that Afghanistan's president will not just sign a sole agreement with the US since he is also about to seal a NATO Status of Forces Agreement, which will also allow NATO troops to stay in the country as well. Tuesday's signing is actually no longer a surprise move from the country's president since both candidates for the position already sworn to sign the deal even before the elected official was named.
The 10,000 US troops currently in Afghanistan are expected to remain until the end of 2014 while about 50 percent of them will be allowed to stay as 2015 comes close while they will be concentrated in the area of Kabul. As Ghani moves forward by signing a new agreement, he also called the attention of the militants in the country to join forces with the government.
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