NATO renews call for Afghan reinforcements
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NATO nations faced renewed calls on  Friday to supply extra troops for Afghanistan, with commanders  stressing a Polish offer of 1,000 soldiers next year did not  plug the shortfalls.
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BRUSSELS - Under intense pressure from Taliban insurgents based in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and short of the troops needed for victory, NATO again is pleading with member states to step up their commitments, casting the fight in Afghanistan as vital for global security.
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Nato military chiefs are set to make a further request from member states for more troops to fight the Taleban.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is asking European allies for more troops to help stabilize Afghanistan, where the government is weak, the insurgency is relentless and casualties are mounting.
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NATO countries are sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan to help battle a surprisingly violent Taliban resurgence in the south -- the alliance's first test in ground combat for "a long, long time," NATO's top commander said yesterday.
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NATO allies were considering urgent calls to bolster the size of their force in Afghanistan, where Britain's senior commander described fighting as more ferocious than in Iraq.
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NATO military chief General Ray Henault pressed alliance member states to send men and equipment to Afghanistan, where NATO troops are battling a revived Taliban insurgency.
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NATO on Wednesday urged Canada not to pull its troops from Afghanistan's dangerous Kandahar region and pledged to help find the 1,000 additional allied troops Ottawa is demanding.
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BRUSSELS -- More than a week after NATO's top leaders publicly demanded reinforcements for their embattled mission in southern Afghanistan, only one member of the 26-nation alliance has offered more troops, raising questions about NATO's largest military operation ever outside of Europe and the goal...
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The United States will lead pressure on European allies to supply more troops and equipment to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan at NATO talks on Wednesday but could come away frustrated, alliance sources said.
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With the United States turning up pressure on European allies to stump up more troops for Afghanistan, reports here Saturday suggested Germany is considering sending reinforcements.
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NATO nations faced renewed calls on   Friday to supply extra troops for Afghanistan, with commanders   stressing a Polish offer of 1,000 soldiers next year did not   plug the shortfalls.
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President Bush on Thursday pressed NATO allies to provide a bigger and more aggressive force to protect the fragile Afghan state.
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NATO nations need to increase the number of troops they send to Afghanistan, President Bush said in a speech Thursday.
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Defense chiefs from NATO's 26 nations   agreed on Saturday they needed more troops and fewer   limitations on the use of their forces to step up the fight   against insurgents in the violent south of Afghanistan.
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On a trip to Afghanistan, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on NATO members to increase the number of troops they commit to the region.
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Nato's secretary general says a number of members have offered more military resources for Afghanistan.