Kerry arrives unannounced to Kabul for talks with Karzai
By REUTERS
KABUL - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on Friday to advance negotiations with President Hamid Karzai on a bilateral security pact, weeks before an Oct. 31 deadline for an agreement.The deal will determine the presence of US forces in Afghanistan after 2014.US officials, speaking en route to Kabul, emphasized that Kerry's visit was not about trying to close a deal on a Bilateral Security Agreement. Instead he would seek to build momentum for negotiators to reach a deal after 11 months of talks, they said.
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