(KABUL, Afghanistan) - Afghanistan and the United States have signed a long-awaited security pact that will allow U.S. forces to remain in the country past the end of year.
At a Tuesday ceremony in the capital, Kabul, newly appointed national security adviser Mohmmad Hanif Atmar signed the document along with U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham.
President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, who was sworn into office a day earlier, told the assembled crowd that the agreement signaled a fundamental shift in the country's relations with the world.
'This agreement is only for Afghan security and stability,' he said.
Entities 0 Name: Afghanistan Count: 2 1 Name: U.S. Count: 2 2 Name: KABUL Count: 2 3 Name: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Count: 1 4 Name: James Cunningham Count: 1 5 Name: Mohmmad Hanif Atmar Count: 1 6 Name: United States Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1rzNG6W Title: US and Afghanistan poised to sign security pact Description: KABUL: Afghanistan will on Tuesday sign a long-delayed security deal to allow some US troops to stay in the country next year, signalling that newly-inaugurated President Ashraf Ghani intends to repair frayed ties with Washington.
