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More on the drama in Kabul by reuters here, excerpts below:
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"There is no doubt that certain elements within the Afghan government are facing pressure from the U.S. However, this will not achieve anything," Karzai's spokesman, Aimal Faizi, told Reuters in an emailed statement.
"If there is a perception in Washington that certain elements in Kabul can force President Karzai to succumb to any pressure, it is seriously flawed and mistaken."
Faizi declined to elaborate on who these "elements" were.
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On Wednesday Karzai reacted angrily to a comment by Kerry at a NATO meeting in Brussels that the Afghan defense minister, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, could sign the document instead of the president.
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On Thursday, influential U.S. Democratic Senator Carl Levin questioned the Obama administration's insistence that Karzai was the appropriate person to sign a security deal, and by the end of 2013.
In a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, Levin suggested Washington wait for a "more reliable" leader to take office.
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"There is no doubt that certain elements within the Afghan government are facing pressure from the U.S. However, this will not achieve anything," Karzai's spokesman, Aimal Faizi, told Reuters in an emailed statement.
"If there is a perception in Washington that certain elements in Kabul can force President Karzai to succumb to any pressure, it is seriously flawed and mistaken."
Faizi declined to elaborate on who these "elements" were.
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On Wednesday Karzai reacted angrily to a comment by Kerry at a NATO meeting in Brussels that the Afghan defense minister, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, could sign the document instead of the president.
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On Thursday, influential U.S. Democratic Senator Carl Levin questioned the Obama administration's insistence that Karzai was the appropriate person to sign a security deal, and by the end of 2013.
In a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, Levin suggested Washington wait for a "more reliable" leader to take office.
