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General Joseph Dunford, the Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, has endorsed the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) and assured that its signing would enable the political and security transition to be done the right way.
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The BSA is currently pending, despite being approved by a Loya Jirga back in November, it awaits President Hamid Karzai's signature. The U.S. has pushed for Karzai to sign the agreement as soon as possible, mounting pressure on him, but the Afghan President has remained firm in his demands that the U.S. first help kick-start Taliban peace talks and end unilateral operations on Afghan homes.