Karzai Demand on Night Raids Snags U.S.-Afghan Pact

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Karzai Demand on Night Raids Snags U.S.-Afghan Pact
By Gareth Porter and Shah Nouri

WASHINGTON/KABUL, Feb 20, 2012 (IPS) - Nearly a year after the Barack Obama administration began negotiations with the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014, both sides confirmed last week that the talks are still hung up over the Afghan demand that night raids by U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) either be ended or put under Afghan control.