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India could expand its involvement in post -9/11 Afghanistan with provisions of military supplies and equipment to the Central Asian country, Defense News reported Thursday. Vivek Raghuvanshi writes that Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s camp handed over a wish list of weapons during a recent visit to New Delhi. The report …

Secretary of State John Kerry and NATO officials have advised the Afghan government to sign a security deal meant to insure the presence of some U.S. troops in the country beyond 2014, Reuters reported Tuesday. Adrian Croft, David Brunnstrom, Justyna Pawlak and Tom Koerkemeier write Kerry said Bismullah Khan Mohammadi, Afghanistan’s defense …

NATO is warning it could end its military presence in Afghanistan if that country’s president does not sign a post-2014 security accord with the U.S., Reuters reported Monday. Adrian Croft writes NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters Monday that without a U.S.-Afghanistan pact, the alliance will not be able …

The U.S. and Afghanistan have reached a preliminary agreement to maintain some troops in Afghanistan after the majority of foreign soldiers leave the country by the end of 2014, Reuters reported Sunday. Lesley Wroughton and Jessica Donati write the pact depends on the approval of the Loya Jirga, an assembly …

Senators have asked the White House to arrive at a definite number of U.S. forces that will remain in Afghanistan after the Pentagon’s planned 2014 drawdown, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Karen DeYoung writes that lawmakers have expressed worry the uncertainty could hurt already cloudy bilateral relations between the Obama …

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta will be meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Afghan President Hamid Karzai separately at the Pentagon, according to a DoD article. The meetings will  focus on the war in Afghanistan and the conflict in Syria Press Secretary George E. Little told reporters. Panetta …

The infrastructure to train the Afghan security forces is in place, and surge forces have arrived and are conducting operations, according to Army Gen. David H. Petraeus. “We have more than tripled the number of U.S. forces on the ground, NATO nations have contributed more forces as well and non-NATO …

Pentagon officials are working with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to disband private security contractors in Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman announced yesterday. “We share a common goal with President Karzai, and that is the elimination of the need for private security contractors in Afghanistan,” Whitman told reporters. “But while we …