The United States hopes to make progress on a long-stalled security deal with Afghanistan . U.S. officials say the talks are expected to focus primarily on how to improve intelligence sharing and border security. The United States hopes to make progress on a long-stalled security deal with Afghanistan that would leave some U.S. forces in the country beyond NATO 's scheduled departure at the end of 2014 . Afghanistan refuses to let U.S. forces continue to conduct counterterrorism operations .
The United States hopes to make progress on a long-stalled security deal with Afghanistan . U.S. officials say the talks are expected to focus primarily on how to improve intelligence sharing and border security. Afghanistan refuses to let U.S. forces continue to conduct counterterrorism operations .