The decision to wait until Karzai leaves clearly reflect a growing belief in Washington that there is little to no chance of restoring ties with the Afghan President to get him to sign the bilateral security agreement (BSA) before the presidential election due in April.
“If he’s not going to be part of the solution, we have to have a way to get past him,” said a senior U.S. official.
“It’s a pragmatic recognition that clearly Karzai may not sign the BSA and that he doesn’t represent the voice of the Afghan people,” he added.
The BSA calls for keeping 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 at a limited number of bases.
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