Nato Afghan mission 'achievable'
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Nato can prevail in Afghanistan - but only if members boost their commitment, the alliance's head warns.
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In American military parlance, it's gut-check time for NATO in Afghanistan, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to answer allies' calls for more forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida.
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NATO leaders set restoration of peace and stability in Afghanistan as the "key priority" of the alliance on Wednesday as members offered some concessions on the levels and mobility of troops battling Taliban insurgents there.
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WARSAW  -- Defense chiefs for NATO's 26 member  nations agreed on Friday they must meet troop commitments for  the alliance's Afghanistan peace mission, which is suffering  from personnel shortfalls, an alliance spokesman said.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (13/10/04) - The US government is trying to convince its European partners to do more in Afghanistan and to put NATO in charge of overall responsibility for peacekeeping and reconstruction in the country.
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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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NATO leaders have made &quot;significant progress&quot; towards bolstering their troubled forces in Afghanistan, although shortfalls still remain, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told NATO allies Thursday that new commitments to assist U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq make success there more likely.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia  - NATO defense chiefs were set   on Thursday to agree to assume command of peacekeeping across   all of insurgency-hit Afghanistan next month despite some   allies' concerns over tactics and troop shortfalls.
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Nato must commit more troops and aid to Afghanistan if it is to establish a viable democracy, MPs say.
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NATO allies must fulfill their   commitment to the future stability of Afghanistan by upping   their fighting capability and putting more troops on the   ground, Washington's ambassador to the alliance said on   Wednesday.
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The United States is pressing NATO to take over the U.S.-led military mission in Afghanistan, possibly as early as 2005, the U.S. ambassador to the alliance said Tuesday.
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Nato can prevail in its first mission outside of Europe but only if members boost their commitment, the alliance's head warns.
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Britain may increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan, according to a Nato spokesman.
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Afghan forces backed by 9,000 NATO troops are poised to provide security as national elections approach, but a spectacular offensive by anti-government rebels cannot be ruled out, the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan said Friday.
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NATO defense chiefs agreed on Friday  they must plug shortfalls in peacekeeping troops in  Afghanistan, an alliance spokesman said, after top NATO  officials conceded they had underestimated Taliban resistance.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reinforced its security forces in Afghanistan Friday as part of international efforts to safeguard the presidential election on October 9.