KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai narrowed differences in initial talks on Friday on terms for a future U.S. military presence in Afghanistan after 2014, a U.S. official said.
Washington says it wants a deal done by the end of October but talks have stumbled over two issues that have become deal breakers for Kabul. Karzai has declared it can wait until after presidential elections in April next year, further straining what has become a rocky relationship between the allies.