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US troops staying in Afghanistan after 2014 to get local justice immunity - draft pact

US forces that remain in Afghanistan after 2014 will be under the jurisdiction of the US and not be subject to Afghan courts, according to a draft security deal released by Kabul on Wednesday. The measure has been much-debated between the countries.

RT,

20 November, 2013

The Afghan foreign ministry stated that US forces would keep “the exclusive right to exercise jurisdiction,” on its website on Wednesday. The issue was one of many contentious articles to be resolved before Afghan chiefs assemble on Thursday.

“Afghanistan authorizes the United States to hold trials in such cases, or take other disciplinary action, as appropriate, in the territory of Afghanistan,” the text said.

“There was still a discussion yesterday - there continues to be - about the final details and the final language,” U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Wednesday in response to the Afghan Foreign Ministry draft.

“We did not expect that every piece would be reflected in whatever was initially posted. So we are reviewing the text with that in mind and I would expect that there is still a more final version to come,” she added.

On Tuesday, it was revealed that US forces would be allowed to enter Afghan homes in “exceptional” circumstances, with Aimal Faizi, a Karzai spokesman, stating that any “extraordinary circumstances” could not be misused.

The two countries are struggling to finalize a security pact before Thursday’s meeting of over 2,500 Afghan chiefs who will debate whether US troops will be permitted to stay in the country post-2014. The five-day long negotiations of the so-called Loya Jirga grand assembly are to begin on Thursday.

Without such an accord, the US might have to pull out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014.