Can More Aid Save Afghanistan?
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The U.S. wants more money to beef up Afghan security forces and reconstruction efforts. But it may be too late to thwart the Taliban's expected spring offensive
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SAKYAN, Afghanistan  - Afghan village elder Noor Mohammad stroked his white beard as he listened to a local government chief appeal for help to rebuild the economy of this snow-bound plateau shattered by war and the fight with the Taliban.
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Britain wants some of its NATO allies to start pulling their weight more in Afghanistan, International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander said Sunday, ahead of crunch talks on the issue.
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The British-led NATO force in southern Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing stronger, a report by Britain's parliament has found.
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Britain called Thursday for more "burden-sharing" in Afghanistan where an international force is struggling against Taliban insurgents.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO nations failed to agree on calls by military commanders for 2,500 extra troops to help crush the growing Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, where at least 50 people were killed yesterday in widespread violence.
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NATO military authorities told allied defence ministers that two more battalions and support forces are needed to put down a Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, officials said.
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All 26 NATO nations have soldiers in Afghanistan and all agree the mission is their top priority. But the refusal of European allies to send more combat troops is forcing an already stretched U.S. military to fill the gap, and straining the Western alliance.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is struggling to get congressional approval for millions of dollars in aid to a tribal paramilitary group in the semiautonomous region of Pakistan where Al Qaeda and the Taliban have gained such a foothold that they have been able to launch destabilizing attacks on both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Afghanistan called on Tuesday for more help to stamp out opium production as donor nations gathered in Tokyo to try to coordinate policy on the struggling nation.
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NATO countries signaled at a summit in Latvia on Tuesday they could free up more troops to battle Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan by easing restrictions on their forces in emergencies, officials said.
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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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Afghanistan has made sufficient steps to improve its economy to qualify for debt relief.
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JALALABAD, November 19 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Three years after the massive US-led invasion, Afghanistan is still facing the threat of being a corrupt ânarco-stateâ after the opium production rose by two thirds this year.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is asking European allies for more troops to help stabilize Afghanistan, where the government is weak, the insurgency is relentless and casualties are mounting.
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NATO countries, under pressure from the U.S. and military leaders, may soon come through with additional troops and equipment needed to fight the escalating violence in Afghanistan.
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Critics say President Karzai and the West must redouble efforts to boost security and reconstruction.