Nato tackles Afghan troop deficit
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Nato states meet in Belgium to discuss who will provide 2,500 reinforcements for its mission in Afghanistan.
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NATO countries are not giving the  international force securing Afghanistan enough support and  there are worrying signs that the Taliban are growing stronger,  a detailed study by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.
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NATO states will probably  offer more troops and equipment to meet shortfalls in  Afghanistan when their defense ministers meet on Thursday, but  holes will remain, a U.S. government official said on  Wednesday.
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WARSAW  -- Defense chiefs for NATO's 26 member  nations agreed on Friday they must meet troop commitments for  the alliance's Afghanistan peace mission, which is suffering  from personnel shortfalls, an alliance spokesman said.
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NATO's top commander on Thursday urged allied nations to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, where resurgent Taliban militants are inflicting heavy casualties on foreign forces and have captured a remote town for the second time in two months.
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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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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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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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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 US is to urge Nato to take overall responsibility for peacekeeping and reconstruction in Afghanistan.
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BRUSSELS -- Nearly 2,000 NATO troops, including two &quot;rapid response&quot; battalions from Spain and Italy, began arriving in Afghanistan this week to strengthen the international military presence there in time for the Oct. 9 presidential election, NATO officials said.
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There are signs of improvement in Afghanistan, but NATO will not pull its troops out of the country anytime soon
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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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NATO pledged on Wednesday to stay the course to restore peace and stability in Afghanistan at a summit where nations offered guarded concessions to improve the mobility of allied forces battling Taliban insurgents.
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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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The head of NATO on Friday voiced frustration at a shortfall of coalition troops needed in Afghanistan, saying he would keep pushing for reinforcements.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday he is confident NATO nations will provide sufficient peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan, though it may take some prodding.