U.S. wants Afghanistan to sign security deal in 'weeks not months' --- (Reuters) - The United States wants the Afghanistan government to sign a bilateral security agreement in matter of weeks if a contingent of U.S. troops is to remain there after 2014, the White House said on Monday. -- The Afghan government had ignored U.S. demands for it to sign a framework security agreement by the end of 2013, after protracted negotiations that have strained relations between the two countries. -- U.S. officials say unless a deal is reached to keep upwards of 8,000 U.S. troops inside the country after 2014, the United States might instead completely withdraw from the country. -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has expressed skepticism at the U.S. threat for a complete withdrawal. -- "Our position continues to be that if we cannot conclude a bilateral security agreement promptly, then we will be forced to initiate planning for a post-2014 future in which there would be no U.S. or NATO troop presence in Afghanistan," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.- More, at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/06/us-afghanistan-usa-idUSBREA050Z520140106