U.S. prods NATO over Afghan security
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Secretary Gates this week is expected to press the alliance to supply more trainers for the Afghan police and Army, a key to countering resurgent violence there.
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President Bush today announced an increase in U.S. forces in Afghanistan "for the foreseeable future" to help confront a resurgent Taliban, and he urged European allies to lift restrictions that currently confine some of their NATO troops to secure areas of the country.
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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands  - The United States led pressure on European allies to supply more troops to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan at NATO talks on Wednesday, but alliance sources said Washington could come away frustrated.
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More troops and sophisticated equipment are needed to bolster Afghanistan's security forces, but it is not clear whether more U.S. troops will be deployed there, U.S. and Afghan defense officials said Tuesday.
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Tension among allies over the war in Afghanistan spilled into the open on Wednesday as NATO rejected U.S. criticism that some of its troops did not know how to fight a guerrilla insurgency.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns the future of Nato is at risk due to differences over Afghanistan.
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Survival of the NATO alliance, a cornerstone of American security policy for decades, is at stake in the debate over how the United States and Europe should share the burden of fighting Islamic extremism in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the top U.S. commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan yesterday issued a blunt assessment of the alliance's shortcomings in that country, arguing that the unwillingness of some member states to risk combat casualties is threatening NATO's future and underminin...
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The United States is urging NATO allies to lift restrictions on the use of their forces in Afghanistan, casting it as matter of allied solidarity, a senior State Department official said.
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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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The United States urged NATO countries on Wednesday to assume a bigger role in Afghanistan and to come up with a plan to take over all military operations there, possibly as early as next year.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States raised pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to rush more troops to Afghanistan to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the coming weeks would be key in battling the insurgency.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (13/10/04) - The US government is trying to convince its European partners to do more in Afghanistan and to put NATO in charge of overall responsibility for peacekeeping and reconstruction in the country.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia  - NATO states will probably   offer more troops and equipment to meet shortfalls in   Afghanistan when their defense ministers meet on Thursday, but   holes will remain, a U.S. government official said on   Wednesday.
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One issue will dominate this week's NATO summit &#151; Afghanistan.
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The United States will lead pressure on European allies to supply more troops and equipment to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan at NATO talks on Wednesday but could come away frustrated, alliance sources said.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told NATO allies Thursday that new commitments to assist U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq make success there more likely.