Bush issues Afghan call to Nato
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US President Bush says other Nato nations must do more in the battle against Afghanistan's Taleban.
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Nato says it needs to do better in its operations in Afghanistan, after a rebuke by President Hamid Karzai.
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President Bush asks for funds to reward countries that 'took risks' to send troops to Afghanistan and Iraq.
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After launching wars in Afghanistan and Iraq while largely bypassing NATO, the Bush administration is now pressing for an expanded role for the alliance in both countries and signaling a new readiness to work more closely with its NATO allies.
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BRUSSELS - Under intense pressure from Taliban insurgents based in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and short of the troops needed for victory, NATO again is pleading with member states to step up their commitments, casting the fight in Afghanistan as vital for global security.
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Leaders of the 26 NATO nations failed to agree today on President BushÂs demand that member countries with troops in Afghanistan lift their restrictions on how the troops are used.
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NEW YORK -- President Bush said Wednesday that Afghanistan is becoming a safer, more stable country, thanks to the efforts of President Hamid Karzai.
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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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President Bush wants fresh assurances that Afghan President Hamid Karzai is dealing with his country's soaring drug trade and pervasive security struggles.
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President Bush highlighted anti-terrorism efforts of Afghanistan and Pakistan yesterday, calling the nations invaluable allies despite a surge of violence in southern Afghanistan that has provoked deep suspicions about their ability -- and appetite -- to battle extremists.
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President George W. Bush will seek   to ease tensions between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and   Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday amid a   Taliban resurgence that is pressuring all three governments.
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President Bush plans to propose offering five countries an expanded relationship with NATO at a summit of the alliance next week in Riga, Latvia, but no full-fledged new members will be invited to join, the ...Comment
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The United States will urge European allies to help speed up a long-promised expansion of Nato's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan at a meeting of defence ministers starting Wednesday, diplomats said.
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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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WASHINGTON -- President Bush vowed yesterday to make a sustained military and political effort to beat back resurgent Taliban forces as he turned his attention to Afghanistan and a conflict that has been overshadowed for the past couple of years by the larger war in Iraq.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania : The United States pressed its NATO allies to begin military planning for possibly taking over command of operations in Afghanistan from US forces as early as next year.
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NICE, France  - The United States will call on its  European NATO allies on Thursday to commit more forces to  alliance missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, as both sides try to  mend ties across the Atlantic.