No 'Magic Wand' To Satisfy Conditions Overnight: Rice --- U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice early Tuesday in an exclusive interview with TOLOnews said that "we have no magic wand" to bring peace and broker a deal with the Taliban to convince President Hamid Karzai to sign the security pact between the two countries. -- "I assured President Karzai the whole purpose of twelve years of American investment and presence in Afghanistan has been to help the Afghan people enjoy lasting peace and security," Rice told TOLOnews. "The whole purpose of the Bilateral Security Agreement if President Karzai chooses to sign it is to enable the United States to continue supporting Afghanistan in its efforts to achieve lasting peace and security, but it can't be achieved overnight as people know." -- "We have no magic wand. We have the ability to continue to support the Afghan National Security Forces, train, advise and assist them as they mature into a highly capable military," she said. --- "Well, our message and my message on behalf of the United States to President Karzai is that the best way to bring over time lasting peace and security to the people of Afghanistan is for there to be a Bilateral Security Agreement promptly signed so that we can plan and prepare for our continuing presence after 2014 and so that we can continue to train, advise and assist the Afghan National Security Forces, help provide them with the equipment that they need and that we can continue investing great sums as we have in the past in Afghanistan's development. If we don't have a Bilateral Security Agreement promptly signed, all of that is made much more difficult, if not impossible," she said. -- The U.S. National Security Advisor said that "It's not a deadline for the United States. It's the reality of the circumstances. We have concluded the negotiations of the agreement. That was done last month in fact when Secretary of State John Kerry met with President Karzai, and in their telephone conversations before the Jirga they worked through the last remaining issues. President Obama sent a letter to President Karzai. So, the text is concluded, the negotiation is done." - To watch the interview at - TOLOnews