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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NATO military chief General Ray Henault pressed alliance member states to send men and equipment to Afghanistan, where NATO troops are battling a revived Taliban insurgency.
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Fresh from his win in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election, Hamid Karzai Thursday named his new cabinet that excludes Defense Minister Mohammed Fahim.
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MONS, Belgium  - NATO's top commander of   operations, General James Jones, acknowledged on Thursday the   alliance had been taken aback by the level of violence in south   Afghanistan and urged allies to provide reinforcements.
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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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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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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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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai named a new Cabinet yesterday, firing the prominent defense minister and removing other warlords from top posts in a major reshuffle weeks after being sworn in as the nation's first democratically elected president.
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NATO will help bring stability to Afghanistan but this must be matched by the international community's commitment to develop the country, the alliance's chief has said.
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NATO will assume responsibility for security across the whole of Afghanistan from Thursday, when it takes command in the east from U.S.-led coalition forces, a senior NATO official said on Tuesday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan  -- 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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Nato chiefs are to hold further meetings to decide who will supply extra troops and equipment for Afghanistan.
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KABUL - NATO-led peacekeepers and US-led forces in Afghanistan are stepping up security for Tuesday&#39;s swearing in ceremony for President Hamid Karzai in Kabul.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia  - NATO defense chiefs were set   on Thursday to agree to take full command of peacekeeping   across all Afghanistan "as soon as is practicable" despite   worsening violence there, diplomats said.
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The NATO chief on Friday called on Afghanistan to improve its government and boost support for its security forces to step up the fight against the Taliban.
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A general seen as a staunch nationalist is named as the new Turkish armed forces chief.
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Nato chiefs are to meet again to decide who will supply extra troops and equipment for Afghanistan.