Troop shortfalls hurt Afghan mission, says NATO
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NATO operations in Afghanistan are being hampered by a shortage of troops and the alliance is continually pressing member nations to live up to their commitments, a senior NATO official said on Thursday.
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NICE, France  - NATO announced it was ready to  launch a long-delayed westward expansion of peacekeeping duties  in Afghanistan on Thursday but said it was still short of staff  for an officer training mission in Iraq.
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A tough mission in Afghanistan will dominate a NATO summit this week but few results are likely and a united Western approach to global security threats may have to await a new generation of leaders, analysts say.
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A handful of European NATO countries offered minor concessions on Afghanistan Tuesday, suggesting they'll allow their troops to reinforce the bloodied Canadian contingent in Kandahar in emergency circumstances.Comment
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai accused NATO and US-led troops yesterday of carelessly killing scores of Afghan civilians and warned that the fight against resurgent Taliban militants could fail unless foreign forces show more restraint.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the top U.S. commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan yesterday issued a blunt assessment of the alliance's shortcomings in that country, arguing that the unwillingness of some member states to risk combat casualties is threatening NATO's future and underminin...
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Recent NATO action can be seen more as a last-ditch effort than a stepped-up, organized campaign.
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Nato could be destroyed if European allied troops are not prepared to fight in Afghanistan, says US
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Afghanistan risks becoming a failed state if NATO troops do not defeat the Taliban, boosting Islamist extremism worldwide, a study said Tuesday, also warning that the West lacked resources.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday only a small number of NATO nations had troops in the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan and urged reluctant allies to share the combat burden.
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Struggling to muster more troops for Afghanistan and to take on an expanded training mission in Iraq, NATO defense ministers will aim this week to advance reforms that would let the alliance mobilize faster for far-flung operations.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  said on Wednesday only a small number of NATO nations had  troops in the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan and urged  reluctant allies to share the combat burden.
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RIGA, Latvia -- In a show of solidarity, NATO leaders agreed yesterday to come to one another's aid in emergencies anywhere in Afghanistan, but their summit did not muster significant reinforcements for operations in Taliban strongholds.
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Nato's top commander urges member states to provide reinforcements to the mission in southern Afghanistan.
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Training time will be halved for troops bound for Afghanistan next year to address a shortfall, according to an early edition of The Times's Thursday newspaper.
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NATO will soon assume direct control over most military operations in Afghanistan, a move that will place 12,000 more U.S. troops under its authority, a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday.
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NATO's top operational commander wants more troops to help crush an expected Taliban offensive in Afghanistan but is facing widespread reluctance among allies to come forward, alliance officials said on Tuesday.