NATO allies ask Karzai to allow private security for donor programs

KABUL - The United States and its NATO allies, worried about how the Afghan government's ban on private security companies might affect their operations, have asked President Hamid Karzai to sign a letter allowing such companies to continue protecting the foreign donor community, according to Western officials in Kabul. -- NATO allies ask Karzai to allow private security for donor programs
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