DESPERATE pleas for NATO members to commit thousands more troops to...
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NATO military commanders request 2,500 more soldiers to fight Taleban No formal offers from any other alliance members as yet Blair appeals for countries to do their 'duty' Key quote "If we are going to ...
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NATO members need to do more to boost   their force in Afghanistan in the battle against the Taliban   despite significant pledges of more troops, alliance   Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
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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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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands  - Germany and France pledged to send more trainers to bolster the national Afghan army on Wednesday but U.S. calls for major troop increases went largely unanswered at NATO talks.
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NATO's plans to send more soldiers to Afghanistan to quell a resurgent Taliban would simply give the rebels more targets, a guerrilla commander said on Thursday.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States stepped up pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to send more troops to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the next few weeks would be pivotal in battling the insurgency.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States stepped up pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to send more troops to crush an expected Taliban offensive in the coming weeks.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Europe on Sunday it must boost defense spending and commit more troops and money to Afghanistan if NATO is to remain a potent military alliance.
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NATO&#39;s top diplomat urged allied foreign ministers Thursday to boost their commitment to Afghanistan and Iraq, where the 26 allies are struggling to muster hundreds of troops
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NATO pressed its allies at a summit Tuesday to deploy more troops to Afghanistan's volatile south, but Germany resisted any permanently expanded presence and Canada complained of bearing the brunt of an increasingly bloody mission.
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NATO's top soldier Tuesday called on the Alliance's 26 member countries to create a single budget for the operations of a planned rapid reaction force.
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NATO nations need to increase the number of troops they send to Afghanistan, President Bush said in a speech Thursday.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - NATO's top operational commander will urge the alliance on Thursday to step up efforts to crush an expected Taliban offensive in Afghanistan but many allies remain reluctant to come forward, officials said.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urged European nations to commit more troops to help fight extremism in Afghanistan.
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Nato can prevail in its first mission outside of Europe but only if members boost their commitment, the alliance's head warns.
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Campaigners call for greater efforts to publicise the pan-European emergency number 112.
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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.