KABUL (Reuters) - Thousands of Afghan elders gathered in Kabul on Thursday to debate a crucial security pact with the United States, a day after Kabul and Washington reached a draft agreement laying out the terms under which U.S. troops may stay beyond 2014.
Efforts to finalise the pact had stalled ahead of the Loya Jirga grand council meeting this week, but the two sides found a last minute deal on the eve of the event.
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