Austin Bay and the guys at StrategyPage have up an interesting and informative article about happenings in Afghanistan, with topics ranging from the state of the current negotiations over the Status Of Forces treaty to various other regional events.  The article takes five minutes or so to read.  A couple of tidbits:

The U.S. has finally negotiated terms for keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan once all other NATO forces have left after 2014. Some Afghan politicians played hardball with the Americans on this, refusing to agree to continue American immunity from the corrupt Afghan justice system after 2014. The U.S. told the Afghans that if they don’t get a Status of Forces (immunity) agreement by the end of 2014 then the U.S. will withdraw all their forces and most of their aid money. This finally got most Afghan leaders to agree …

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Now the Karzai clan faces a crises because Hamid Karzai cannot run for president again. The constitution forbids it and the U.S. has made it clear that trying to use bribes and coercion to change the constitution will not be tolerated. So Hamid Karzai has to make plans for life after dominating the government for a decade …

The entire PIECE is available at the StrategyPage site.