President holds out prospect small force could stay on, and urges Washington to keep up current spending levels The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has asked Washington to give his country drones and universities to replace the soldiers it has stationed there now, and said he will let the Afghan people decide whether a small contingent of US troops could stay on after most leave in 2014.Karzai seemed upbeat and relaxed on his return from a trip to Washington to meet Barack Obama, smiling, laughing, and even describing the pleasant sound of a flag fluttering on his official car in a news ... Read More