Afghan President Hamid Karzai has backed down on his call for banning U.S. troops in the province of Wardak. Karzai ordered U.S. special forces out of the province over allegations of the abuse and disappearance of nine Afghan prisoners. But after the U.S. ignored the order, Karzai and the U.S.-led NATO occupation force announced Wednesday they had struck a vague compromise for a limited handover of control to Afghan forces. Under the agreement, NATO forces will reportedly withdraw from the small district of Nerkh in the coming days.