Afghanistan set to regain "land bridge" role for Asia: US
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Afghanistan is set to reestablish its role as a &quot;land bridge&quot; linking much of Asia and drive growth in the four trillion dollar broader regional market, a top US official said.
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NATO will take command of up to 12,000 U.S. troops and the territory they control in Afghanistan in "few days," a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday.
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The United States, which has just doubled its combat troops in Afghanistan, took 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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POIANA BRASOV, Romania  - The United States urged  NATO on Wednesday to produce plans to take control of all  military operations in Afghanistan, possibly from next year, in  a call which spooked some of its alliance partners.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States stepped up pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to send more troops to crush an expected Taliban offensive in the coming weeks.
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The United States plans to withdraw  about 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia in a major realignment  of American military presence prompted by the end of the Cold  War and the beginning of the war on terrorism, U.S. officials  said on Saturday.
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After launching wars in Afghanistan and Iraq while largely bypassing NATO, the Bush administration is now pressing for an expanded role for the alliance in both countries and signaling a new readiness to work more closely with its NATO allies.
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battles by UK troops may be re-taken by the Taleban, the Nato commander warns.
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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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The United States raised  pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to rush more troops to  Afghanistan to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the  coming weeks would be key in battling the insurgency.
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KABUL - US envoy Richard Armitage has held talks in Kabul on Wednesday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on regional security issues and efforts to rebuild Afghanistan.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania  - Washington will ask NATO  to devise a blueprint by February to have the alliance take  over operations in Afghanistan, now split between an American  force and NATO contingent, officials said on Tuesday.
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NATO countries signaled at a summit in Latvia on Tuesday they could free up more troops to battle Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan by easing restrictions on their forces in emergencies, officials 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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Afghanistan risks reverting to a failed state and a haven for global terrorism without new U.S. and international efforts to win the war and achieve development, two studies said on Wednesday.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, talks with US Gen. James L. Jones, left, in the presence of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO senior civilian representative for Afghanistan, Hikmet Cetin, center
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The U.S.-led coalition is spending hundreds of millions of dollars constructing roads, bridges and buildings across Afghanistan. For the troops on the ground, it can be a frustrating and delicate job.