West must step up Afghan aid effort: NATO general
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Western nations must do more to crack down on the drug trade and corruption in Afghanistan, NATO's commander said on Wednesday as the alliance prepared to assume security duties for the whole country.
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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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U.S. defense and foreign policy chiefs face an uphill fight this week trying to get its allies in Canada and Europe to boost NATO forces and coordinate efforts in Afghanistan in the face of rising Taliban attacks.
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Iran gives political and material support to President Hamid Karzai's Western-backed government, but it also may be aiding the Taliban as a way of hedging its bets in neighboring Afghanistan, NATO's top general here said Monday.
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The United States urged NATO countries on Wednesday to assume a bigger role in Afghanistan and to come up with a plan to take over all military operations there, possibly as early as next year.
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Nato must commit more troops and aid to Afghanistan if it is to establish a viable democracy, British MPs say.
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Nato is to expand its peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan with more troops being sent to western regions.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urged European nations to commit more troops to help fight extremism in Afghanistan.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a direct appeal to Europeans on Sunday to support the war in Afghanistan, warning that violence and terrorism could surge worldwide if NATO was defeated there.
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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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The NATO force in Afghanistan said Sunday President Hamid Karzai was right to be angry about civilian casualties in its military operations, and it needed to improve the way it worked.
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NATO defense ministers agreed Thursday on an expansion of the alliance's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan and will send troops into the western parts of the country, the alliance's top official said.
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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 allies must do more to fight the Taleban in Afghanistan, the US defence secretary tells the BBC.
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A top Nato general urges member states to send more troops to Afghanistan, as clashes continue in the south.
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RIGA, Latvia -- In a show of solidarity, NATO leaders agreed yesterday to come to one another's aid in emergencies anywhere in Afghanistan, but their summit did not muster significant reinforcements for operations in Taliban strongholds.
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Nato can prevail in its first mission outside of Europe but only if members boost their commitment, the alliance's head warns.