Nato chief calm on Afghan visit
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Nato head Jaap de Hoop Scheffer plays down tensions in the alliance as he arrives in Afghanistan.
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NATO defense chiefs meeting in Seville on Thursday are unlikely to make major new offers of troops or equipment to battle insurgents in Afghanistan despite growing U.S. pressure, alliance sources said.
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Nato says it needs to do better in its operations in Afghanistan, after a rebuke from President Hamid Karzai.
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The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan today declined to say whether more American troops will be needed to confront increasing insurgent and terrorist attacks in the country.
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NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Wednesday he was disappointed some members of the alliance would not send troops to fight Taliban guerrillas in the south of Afghanistan.
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NATO defense chiefs will try to put  differences on Iraq behind them and agree to do more in  Afghanistan at a meeting in France starting Wednesday, two  weeks before President Bush visits Europe.
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NATO leaders reported progress on Tuesday in freeing up more troops to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, signaling that some nations had agreed to drop limits on their forces as an alliance summit opened in Latvia.
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Nato rejects talk of a crisis over its Afghanistan operation, saying the alliance is making good progress.
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Nato's leader backs the move to expand into all of Afghanistan despite not having all the troops needed.
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NATO leaders will declare their determination on Wednesday to prevail over Taliban insurgents and bring peace to Afghanistan while offering only small concessions in troop levels and flexibility.
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Concern grows over the progress of operations against Taliban and its effects on the unity of Nato
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On Monday Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited Pakistan to discuss cooperation in the battle against al Qaeda before his October re-election bid.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai plays down differences with the West, during a visit by top US and UK diplomats.
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NATO leaders have made &quot;significant progress&quot; towards bolstering their troubled forces in Afghanistan, although shortfalls still remain, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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NATO leaders pledged at the end of a summit Wednesday to stay the course in Afghanistan despite mounting casualties and some governments' refusal to send troops into combat in the most dangerous regions.
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Nato chiefs discuss sending more troops to Afghanistan,  where a British general says fighting is worse than in Iraq.
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NATO expects to have smashed  most of the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan within the next  two years but will need to keep troops there after 2009, the  alliance's chief said on Saturday.