New chief for Nato Afghan force
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UK Gen David Richards is to hand over the control of the Nato force in Afghanistan to US Gen Dan McNeil.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai chose a new cabinet on Thursday, heeding calls to sideline warlords from top positions and creating a new post to spearhead the fight against opium production.
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The United States, which has just doubled its combat troops in Afghanistan, takes over command of the 33,000-strong NATO force in the country on Sunday amid warnings of a bloody spring offensive by the Taliban.
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Hamid Karzai named a new cabinet on Thursday, sacking the country&#39;s prominent defence minister and removing other warlords from top spots in a major reshuffle weeks after he was sworn in as the nation&#39;s first democratically elected president.
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NATO has assumed responsibility for security across the whole of Afghanistan, taking over from U.S.-led forces that toppled the Taliban regime five years ago.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia  - NATO agreed on Thursday to   take command of peacekeeping across all of insurgency-hit   Afghanistan next month after the United States pledged to   transfer an extra 12,000 troops to its force.
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Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf appointed a new military spy chief and made several other promotions on Friday, days after announcing his plan to step down as head of the army if re-elected president next month.
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Nato's top commander urges member states to provide reinforcements to the mission in southern Afghanistan.
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The head of NATO will make an unprecedented visit to Algeria on Thursday, the opening move in a drive to beef up cooperation with the Arab world on counter-terrorism, defense reform and military training.
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The Taliban will launch an offensive within months once the snows melt, but they are effectively a beaten force, according to the outgoing head of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - NATO's top operational commander will urge the alliance on Thursday to step up efforts to crush an expected Taliban offensive in Afghanistan but many allies remain reluctant to come forward, officials said.
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Hamid Karzai named a new Cabinet on Thursday, sacking the prominent defense minister and removing other warlords from top posts in a major reshuffle weeks after being sworn in as the nation&#39;s first democratically elected
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The highest-ranking U.S. general to lead troops in Afghanistan took command of 35,500 strong NATO-led force Sunday, putting an American face on the international mission after nine months of British command.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday evening announced the much-awaited new cabinet line-up, replacing some of the influential warlords in the interim government with new faces.
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The Nato alliance is to assume charge of security over the entirety of Afghanistan on Thursday.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - NATO forces killed a Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan on Sunday during an offensive to retake a town from the militants, NATO and residents said.
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Serbia and Montenegro appoints a new head of its armed forces, in a move seen as a bid to move closer to joining NATO.