Impasse With Afghanistan Raises Prospect of Total U.S. Withdrawal in 2014

Impasse With Afghanistan Raises Prospect of Total U.S. Withdrawal in 2014 - NYTimes.com: "American officials say they are preparing to suspend negotiations absent a breakthrough in the coming weeks, and a senior administration official said talk of resuming them with President Hamid Karzai’s successor, who will be chosen in elections set for next April, is, “frankly, not very likely.”
“The time to conclude for us is now,” the administration official said on Friday. In the absence of a deal, “this fall, we are going to have to make plans for the future accordingly.”"