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Afghanistan long after 2014 when u.s. troops were supposed to come home. richard reporting yesterday that in the draft agreement, in a sense, the war in afghanistan just starts all over again. albeit on a smaller scale but with a time frame that stretches past 2024. richard telling us here is struck him that the afghan government convening a loya jirga. then today, nbc news reported that a bipartisan group of senators is going to bring their own amendment to the defense budget that would require...

Government and the afghanistan government, calling for an enduring military presence in afghanistan long after 2014 when u.s. troops were supposed to come home. richard reporting yesterday that in the draft agreement, in a sense, the war in afghanistan just starts all over again. albeit on a smaller scale but with a time frame that stretches past 2024. richard telling us here is struck him that the afghan government con eventconvening a jirga. then today, nbc news reported that a bipartisan grou...

Agreement between the american government and the afghanistan government, calling for an enduring military presence in afghanistan long after 2014 when u.s. troops were supposed to come home. richard reporting yesterday that in the draft agreement, in a sense, the war in afghanistan just starts all over again. albeit on a smaller scale but with a time frame that stretches past 2024. richard telling us here is struck him that the afghan government convening a loya jirga. then today, nbc news repo...

Votes four years ago that led her astray, maybe she just made an accounting mistake, i dont know. but kelly ayotte brought up trying to keep guantanamo going indefinitely. and it lost, it only got 43 votes. and that ends up being way more interesting than i think the senator expected it to be, because what her mistake proved, just in bringing that thing up and seeing it go down with such a bad vote, what it proved is that a majority in congress doesnt feel the same way about guantanamo that they...

Not seen or perceived as something falling on his legacy and that is something thats going to be many afghanistan citizens are going to be very critical of if, in fact, this agreement goes forward partly because of the issue of sovereignty and immunity for u.s. soldiers. according to this draft agreement, u.s. soldiers and personnel and others that are in afghanistan would not be subject to any type of afghanistan oversight. they would be subject to u.s. laws and that is a sensitive issue for ma...

Votes four years ago that led her astray, maybe she just made an accounting mistake, i dont know. but kelly ayotte brought up trying to keep guantanamo going indefinitely. and it lost, it only got 43 votes. and that ends up being way more interesting than i think the senator expected it to be, because what her mistake proved, just in bringing that thing up and seeing it go down with such a bad vote, what it proved is that a majority in congress doesnt feel the same way about guantanamo that they...

Richard, great reporting. lets talk about this agreement because theres a lot of pushback. we dont know what karzai is going to eventually do, what his -- the summit of tribal leaders tomorrow is going to approve, and we dont know whether president obama is going to sign on to all the terms. >> just a breaking development. just a short while ago, the afghan government has published a version of this draft agreement. ive just been looking through it right now. it looks very similar to the draft t...

Youll have plenty of time to come back, it seems. >> i know that spot, and i have a feeling were going to be seeing you long there longer than we expected to be. >> what struck you about this draft agreement when you first got a hold of it. as you mentioned, there eels always been this vague notion. theres never been in enduring presence. but really it was all big. it was never clear how many troops were going to stay, it was never clear how long they were going to stay, and some of these questi...

Outlines what appears to be the start of a new open ended u.s. military commitment in afghanistan. the war in afghanistan, he says, does not seem to be ending, rather it is being renewed under new scaled down terms. joining us now live from kabul is nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. thanks for being here tonight. >> its a pleasure to be with you as all. kabul is missing you. youll have plenty of time to come back, it seems. >> i know that spot, and i have a feeling were going t...

An al qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility. joining us from kabul is nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, id like to start with you first. what does a u.s. presence of 7,000 to 8,000 soldiers in afghanistan mean effectively? what is the end goal there? >> reporter: the end goal is to prevent this country from sliding into absolute anarchy and chaos and civil war, whether a few thousand troops would be enough to do that is an open question. this draft agreement, whic...