NATO Urges Afghanistan to Decide Poll Date Soon
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KABUL, Afghanistan  - NATO urged Afghanistan on  Sunday to fix a date for parliamentary elections as soon as  possible to give the alliance time to plan reinforcements to  send to the country for the vote.
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NATO defense ministers will on Sept. 28 examine a military proposal that will allow the alliance to rapidly complete its plans to take over command of all peacekeepers in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.Comment
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One issue will dominate this week's NATO summit &#151; Afghanistan.
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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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KABUL: The Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies were stepping up plans to disrupt Afghanistanâs first direct presidential election on Oct 9, the head of the US-led coalition said on Saturday.
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NATO could order the start of military planning for a possible takeover of operations in Afghanistan from US forces as early as next year, the US ambassador to the alliance said.
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NATO defence ministers were set Friday for a second day of contentious talks on Afghanistan amid calls led by the United States and Britain for more frontline combat troops to fight resurgent Taliban forces.
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NATO defense ministers will on  Thursday examine a military proposal that will allow the  alliance to rapidly complete its plans to take over command of  all peacekeepers in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania - Struggling to muster more troops for Afghanistan and to take on an expanded training mission in Iraq, NATO defense ministers will aim this week to advance reforms that would let the alliance mobilize faster for far-flung operations.    U.S...
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Washington will ask NATO to devise a blueprint by February to have the alliance take over operations in Afghanistan, now split between an American force and NATO contingent, officials said on Tuesday.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked NATO allies and colleagues for more effort in Afghanistan, but it is too early to tell whether his lobbying will pay off.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States raised pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to rush more troops to Afghanistan to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the coming weeks would be key in battling the insurgency.
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Before Shugofa Beheshti decides who to vote for in Afghanistan&#39;s October 9 presidential election, she wants to hear what the candidates have to say.
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The United States will urge European allies to help speed up a long-promised expansion of Nato's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan at a meeting of defence ministers starting Wednesday, diplomats said.
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NATO's top commander renewed an appeal Friday for allies to urgently provide up to 2,500 troops for the battle with Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, but officials said it likely would take two weeks before governments reply.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States stepped up pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to send more troops to Afghanistan to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the next few weeks would be pivotal in battling the insurgency.
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President Bush appealed to NATO allies on Tuesday to provide more troops with fewer national restrictions for the alliance's most dangerous mission in Afghanistan, hours before a summit of allied leaders.