Or it won’t end. The White House, apparently noticing that Karzai hasn’t budged mid-way through December, is furiously backpedaling, and now says January would be fine too.

 

Karzai’s term in office ends in April, and he’s only said he won’t sign until after the April election, so the US only needs to back-track a few more times to get themselves in line with what Karzai planned to do at any rate.