Afghan leader says peace needed before U.S. security deal

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Afghan president Hamid Karzai said on Sunday the United States needed to bring peace to Afghanistan before he would sign a security deal which will enable Washington to keep troops in the country beyond next year. "If there is no peace then this agreement will bring misfortune to Afghanistan," Karzai said in his closing remarks to the Loya Jirga assembly of elders and dignitaries. The Loya Jirga was convened to decide on the pact, but Karzai cast the entire process in doubt by saying he would refuse to sign it until after a presidential election scheduled for April 2014.

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