Afghanistan troops refusal 'threatens Nato'
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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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Vocal demands from America for more Nato troops to fight the Taleban has fuelled diplomatic tensions, writes the BBC's Caroline Wyatt.
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Despite being urged to do so by Afghan and western counter-narcotics chiefs, British troops are wary of joining the offensive against the drugs trade in Afghanistan.
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Tension among key allies over the war in Afghanistan spilled into the open on Wednesday as NATO rejected U.S. criticism that some of its troops did not know how to fight a guerrilla insurgency.
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BERLIN - NATO is backing away from establishing a combat force that would be capable of moving rapidly into conflict areas because it lacks the money, the troops and the equipment, officials said yesterday.
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Taliban opposition to NATO forces in  Afghanistan is far tougher than expected when alliance troops  were initially deployed to aid reconstruction, British Defense  Minister Des Browne will say on Tuesday.
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Nato's chief warns of big challenges in Afghanistan, as top US and UK diplomats visit the country.
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Defence Secretary Des Browne has denied that senior military commanders have urged the government to switch troops from Iraq to Afghanistan.
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Germany's defense minister rejected a U.S proposal to have NATO take over the U.S.-led military mission in Afghanistan, saying Wednesday that his country wants to focus on stabilization.
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Â· New demands on troops put pressure on projectsÂ· MoD denies combat training is being cut
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NATO peacekeepers yesterday rejected claims by a top US analyst that terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden are using the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia as a training ground and gateway to Europe.
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Tensions among key allies over the war in Afghanistan spilled into the open on Wednesday as NATO rejected U.S. criticism that some of its troops did not know how to fight a guerrilla insurgency.
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The majority of people in the UK are against the British military's presence in Afghanistan, a BBC poll suggests.
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NATO risks a split between countries that are willing to fight and those that are not because some European states refuse to send more troops to Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday.
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Britain will send an extra 1,400 troops  to Afghanistan after failing to persuade most other NATO  members to boost forces fighting the Taliban, Defense Secretary  Des Browne told parliament on Monday.
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MONS, Belgium  - NATO's top operational commander said on Wednesday its force in Afghanistan faced troop shortages and diplomats doubted whether an alliance summit next week would plug the gaps.
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NATO generals struggled Wednesday to persuade allies to provide an extra 2,000 troops urgently sought by commanders because of the ferocity of Taliban resistance to the alliance push into southern Afghanistan.