No new commitments for NATO Afghan force
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NATO failed Wednesday to win new troop commitments urgently needed for its Afghanistan campaign, but the alliance said a 10-day offensive to dislodge Taliban fighters from their southern strongholds was achieving its goals despite the shortage of troops.
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Hard-fought gains by NATO troops this year could be lost in coming months if Afghan forces fail to hold ground seized from the Taliban, the NATO commander in Afghanistan said in an interview broadcast on Friday.
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NATO will not be deterred by the   resurgence of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan and will go   ahead with its planned takeover from U.S.-led forces in the   volatile east, the alliance's head said on Wednesday.
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The US military denied reports that the coalition in Afghanistan had launched air strikes to quell fighting in the west of the country.
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A Nato aircraft crashes in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province but there is no word yet on casualties, officials  say.
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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 military mission to Afghanistan is in trouble and has little chance of success unless the alliance commits significantly more resources, said a report issued by the Canadian Senate on Monday.
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VILNIUS/KABUL  - NATO's top official rejected on Thursday U.S. concern that some member countries were not pulling their weight in the fighting in Afghanistan.
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KABUL, Dec 8  - NATO-led troops in Afghanistan will not scale back their presence before parliamentary elections in the war-torn country next spring, French junior foreign minister Renaud Muselier said Wednesday.
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NATO operations in Afghanistan are being hampered by a shortage of troops and the alliance is continually pressing member nations to live up to their commitments, a senior NATO official said on Thursday.
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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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Leading European NATO members were set  to tell military commanders on Wednesday they cannot provide  reinforcements to help quell an insurgency in southern  Afghanistan, alliance sources said.
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Poland is to send an extra 1,000 troops to Afghanistan to join Nato forces there, but not until next year.
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NATO's top operational commander wants more troops to help crush an expected Taliban offensive in Afghanistan but is facing widespread reluctance among allies to come forward, alliance officials said on Tuesday.
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The US warns Afghanistan could become a failed state unless Nato countries remain actively involved.
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NICE, France  - NATO announced it was ready to  launch a long-delayed westward expansion of peacekeeping duties  in Afghanistan on Thursday but said it was still short of staff  for an officer training mission in Iraq.
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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.Comment