Germans Reject NATO-Afghan Proposal
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Germany's defense minister rejected a U.S proposal to have NATO take over the U.S.-led military mission in Afghanistan, saying Wednesday that his country wants to focus on stabilization.
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MUNICH, Germany Germany's foreign minister says he doesn't see any reason for NATO to take up a security role in Iraq.
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WIESBADEN, Germany  - Germany called on Friday for talks on creating a NATO missile defense shield for Europe, a day after the United States vowed to press ahead with its system without alliance approval.
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Afghanistan's Taliban movement on Saturday killed two German hostages after the group's demands were ignored, according to a spokesman, who said he represented the militant group.
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Germany will not bow to terrorist threats demanding the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Monday.
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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 ...Comment
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"We must take into account that there will be more violent assaults once winter is over with the additional goal of killing civilians via suicide attacks"  By Markus WacketBERLIN  - Germany rejected on Friday a call from the United States to send combat soldiers to dangerous parts of southern Afghanistan and said there were no plans to change its deployment in the less violent north.Following a strongly worded letter from U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said he did not envisage a change to the mandate allowing Germany to send 3,500 troops to northern Afghanistan."We have agreed on a clear division of labor," Jung told reporters on Friday. "I think that we really must keep our focus on the North." Read more
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Germany turns down a US appeal to send more troops to Afghanistan, amid signs of strain in the Nato mission.
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The Bush administrationâs rejection of a German proposal set the stage for a battle at a Group of 8 meeting in June.
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NATO defense ministers discussed a US-backed proposal on Wednesday to merge Afghan peacekeeping and anti-terrorism operations under a joint command, despite criticism of the plan by Germany and France.
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Tension among allies over the war in Afghanistan spilled into the open on Wednesday as NATO rejected U.S. criticism that some of its troops did not know how to fight a guerrilla insurgency.
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German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said Friday that Berlin had no plans to deploy combat troops in battle-ravaged southern Afghanistan, after an urgent US request for NATO partners to do more to stabilise the country.
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Germany said Wednesday it could not rule  out sending troops to Iraq, dropping its firm refusal to  consider any deployment to the country whose invasion last year  it staunchly opposed.
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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter  Steinmeier criticised the United States on Sunday in a rare  public rebuke for failing to inform Russia of an offer to build  an anti-missile base on Polish soil.
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Germany's defense minister defended his army's efforts in the north of Afghanistan on Friday, rejecting a written plea from Defense Secretary Robert Gates for more help in the volatile south.
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Germany said Wednesday it could not rule out sending troops to Iraq, dropping its firm refusal to consider any deployment to the country whose invasion last year it staunchly opposed.
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Tensions among key allies over the war in Afghanistan spilled into the open on Wednesday as NATO rejected U.S. criticism that some of its troops did not know how to fight a guerrilla insurgency.