'Afghanistan needs security help'
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says Afghanistan needs help with security to ensure its presidential elections are successful.
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Insecurity and intimidation are putting October elections in Afghanistan at risk, a new report says.
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Thursday he was counting on Germany to operate in any volatile part of Afghanistan in case of need, not just in the more peaceful northern sector.Comment
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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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U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan are  stepping up efforts to improve security before next month's  election, focusing on the south and southeast where militants  have been most active, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
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There are too few British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they do not have all the equipment they need, increasing the risk they may fail in their missions there, a parliamentary committee report due out Wednesday will warn, The Guardian said.
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Afghan and U.S.-led forces placed Kabul  under tight security ahead of Tuesday's swearing in of  President Hamid Karzai as Afghanistan's first popularly elected  leader, as the Taliban threatened to disrupt the ceremony.
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Nato says it needs to do better in its operations in Afghanistan, after a rebuke by President Hamid Karzai.
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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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The British-led NATO force in  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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NATO peacekeepers and Afghan police are preparing tight security over the Afghan capital as foreign dignitaries descend on Kabul for President Hamid Karzai&#39;s inauguration on Tuesday.
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Europe needs convincing that Nato's Afghan mission is part of a wider war on terror, says the US defence secretary.
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Tight security is in place in the Afghan capital Kabul as Hamid Karzai prepares to be sworn in as president.
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Gordon Brown asks the international community to share the burden of the military campaign in Afghanistan.
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Critics say President Karzai and the West must redouble efforts to boost security and reconstruction.
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Afghans should stand on their own feet to save their country from further foreign meddling, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday, listing a lack of rule of law and the drugs trade as the main challenges.
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Criticism by Afghanistan could undermine domestic support for Britain's military and development efforts in the violence-scarred country, an influential body of MPs said.