Talks on Afghanistan Are Said to Move Forward --- KABUL, Afghanistan — After more than a week of hard-line posturing by Afghan and American officials, talks between Secretary of State John Kerry and President Hamid Karzai on a deal to keep American troops here beyond next year carried on into Saturday evening, hours after they were supposed to have ended. --- Mr. Kerry, who was supposed to leave for Europe around 1 p.m., upended his schedule to stay in Kabul. His delegation, which included Ambassador James B. Cunningham and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the commander of NATO forces here, stayed for lunch with Mr. Karzai and the Afghan representatives. - nytimes