France and Germany offer trainers for Afghan army
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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands  - Nine nations including Germany and France pledged to send more military personnel to Afghanistan but U.S. calls for major troop increases were only partly answered at NATO talks on Wednesday.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania  - France and Germany  rejected any merger of the NATO and U.S-led missions in  Afghanistan on Wednesday after Washington urged the alliance to  study taking command of all military operations there.
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NATO defense ministers discussed a US-backed proposal on Wednesday to merge Afghan peacekeeping and anti-terrorism operations under a joint command, despite criticism of the plan by Germany and France.
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Ahead of the next general elections in Afghanistan, Germany&#39;s army intends to build a military camp south of Kabul to boost security at the start of the next year, a defense ministry spokesman said Saturday.
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Two senior officials - from the European Union and the United Nations - are told to leave Afghanistan.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (14/10/04) - Germany and France have rejected calls for merging the NATO-led International Stability Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan with other Western forces serving under the auspices of âOperation Enduring Freedomâ, the
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France will not send troops to help NATO   in southern Afghanistan because it has its hands full in Kabul,   Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said on Thursday.
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The European Union agreed on Monday to  send a mission to help train local police in Afghanistan, whose  government is struggling with an Islamist insurgency.
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France plans to pull a contingent of 200 special forces out of Afghanistan at the start of 2007, the French defense ministry said on Sunday.
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NICE, France -- Several NATO nations, encouraged by the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq, are offering to train Iraqi security forces in their own countries, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday.
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Leaders of France, Australia and Italy traveled to Afghanistan over the weekend to meet with President Hamid Karzai and visit troops stationed in the conflict-ridden country.
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The international community cannot afford to lose the war against extremists in Afghanistan, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday on a quick visit to the insurgency-hit country.
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France, which is pulling its special  forces soldiers out of Afghanistan, said on Monday it would  temporarily redeploy its remaining troops anywhere in the  country for emergencies.
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Canada sends a high-level delegation to Paris to sound out a possible offer of military help in Afghanistan.
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The leaders of France and Australia paid surprise visits to Afghanistan Saturday, stressing support for efforts against terrorism after the bloodiest year of a Taliban-led insurgency.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said France could boost its presence in Afghanistan to help the Afghan army and police in a surprise visit to give French troops his Christmas greetings.
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Australia and France signed an agreement on military cooperation designed to enhance their ability to work together, the defence ministry in Paris said.