US President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai in 2010 (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

After a phone call to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, President Obama said that the U.S. would remove forces unless Karzai signs the Bilateral Security Agrreement, which outlines the future of U.S. military involvement in the region.  Secretary Hagel said that Karazi will not sign the agreement, which has already been greatly delayed. 

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Obama and Hagel have yet to decide how many troops will remain in Afghanistan after the removal of combat forces. It is likely to be around 10,000 troops, with 5,000 NATO and international forces, that would remain at bases in Afghanistan until 2015. 

Read more at the Washington Post. 

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