NATO Forces Struggle to Reach Afghan Plane Wreckage
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CHENARI, Afghanistan  - NATO-led troops on Sunday  failed to reach the icy mountain peak where an Afghan airliner  crashed three days ago with 104 people on board, a spokeswoman  for the peacekeeping force said.
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NATO pressed its allies at a summit Tuesday to deploy more troops to Afghanistan's volatile south, but Germany resisted any permanently expanded presence and Canada complained of bearing the brunt of an increasingly bloody mission.
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In a show of solidarity, NATO leaders agreed Wednesday to come to each other's aid in emergencies anywhere in Afghanistan, but their summit failed to muster significant reinforcements for operations in Taliban ...Comment
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ABOVE SHAPIRI GHAR, Afghanistan  - Afghan  authorities said they would begin moving on Monday remains of  104 victims from a crashed airliner off the snow-topped  mountain near Kabul where they have lain for 11 days.
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Afghan and NATO troops on Saturday  resumed their efforts to confirm the crash site of an Afghan  passenger plane carrying 104 people after it disappeared off  radar screens, a Presidential Palace official said.
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NATO failed Wednesday to win new troop commitments urgently needed for its Afghanistan campaign, but the alliance said a 10-day offensive to dislodge Taliban fighters from their southern strongholds was achieving its goals despite the shortage of troops.
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Seven NATO troops died when their Chinook helicopter crashed on Wednesday in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, NATO officials said.
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BAND-E GHAZI, Afghanistan  - NATO helicopters  found the wreckage of an Afghan airliner on Saturday that  crashed into a mountain top during a snow storm near Kabul two  days ago with 104 people on board.
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CHENARI, Afghanistan -- NATO helicopter gunships found the shattered wreckage of a missing Afghan airliner on a frigid mountain east of the capital yesterday, and officials said they believed none of the 104 people aboard could have survived the crash.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 4 -- U.S., NATO and Afghan forces suspended the search late Friday for an Afghan airliner that was carrying at least three American aid workers and 101 other passengers and crew when it disappeared Thursday in a snowstorm near Kabul.
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NATO helicopter gunships found the shattered wreckage of a missing Afghan airliner on a frigid mountain east of the capital Saturday, and officials said they believed none of the 104 people aboard could have survived the crash.
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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.
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Almost a week into its biggest offensive   against the Taliban, NATO says it has cornered a large group of   fighters and killed about 300, but still needs more troops and   aircraft to finish the job.
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The British-led NATO force in southern  Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its  mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing  stronger, a report by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.
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VILNIUS/KABUL  - NATO struggled to maintain unity over the war in Afghanistan on Thursday after the United States raised concerns that some members were not willing to let their troops "fight and die" to achieve victory.
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battle by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.
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Seven NATO soldiers died when their Chinook helicopter crashed on Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, the site of some of the heaviest recent fighting between Western forces and the Taliban.