Afghan and US officials sign long-delayed troop deal: AFP

KABUL: Afghanistan and the United States on Tuesday signed a long-delayed security agreement that will allow some US troops to stay in the country next year, one day after the inauguration of new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

Afghan National Security Adviser Hanif Atmar and US Ambassador James Cunningham signed the document at a ceremony in the presidential palace in Kabul as Ghani stood behind the pair looking on