KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S.-funded program to bolster local governance and community development across Afghanistan said Friday that it will close down before the end of the year if President Hamid Karzai does not modify his ban on private security companies.
The Obama administration is scrambling to avert a crisis over the ban, which could force the cancellation or delay of billions of dollars in reconstruction projects considered vital to counterterrorism efforts. U.S. diplomats are negotiating this weekend with Karzai and his aides to persuade them to revise the ban.
As it now stands, Karzai's decree, set to take effect in December, would bar private security guards, …
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