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                    Kerry Meets with Karzai on Security Deal

   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai
   held a second day of talks in Kabul Saturday to work out differences on
   a security deal about the future of U.S. troops in the country.
   Kerry traveled to Afghanistan Friday for the previously unannounced
   visit in hopes of advancing negotiations on the deal. U.S. officials in
   Kabul say some progress has been made.
   The countries are trying to reach an agreement by the end of October
   that would allow U.S. forces to stay in Afghanistan after the NATO-led
   military mission ends next year.
   Washington and Kabul have been talking for more than a year. The talks
   have been stalled on issues of Afghan sovereignty, the expected role of
   U.S. forces, and Mr. Karzai`s demand for American guarantees against
   future foreign intervention.
   If there is no agreement, U.S. forces will leave by the end of 2014.
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