Nato chief defends Afghan plans
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Nato's leader backs the move to expand into all of Afghanistan despite not having all the troops needed.
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The head of the British Army defends the "exceptional" RAF after an e-mail criticises its performance in Afghanistan.
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A top Nato general urges member states to send more troops to Afghanistan, as clashes continue in the south.
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Nato could expand its force in Afghanistan ahead of elections due in April, a top alliance commander says.
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Afghan security forces may not be able to hold ground captured by NATO forces in Afghanistan if Taliban insurgents regroup and launch a new offensive over the winter, the top US commander warned Friday.
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MONS, Belgium -- NATO's top commander of operations, General James Jones, acknowledged yesterday the alliance had underestimated the level of violence in southern Afghanistan and he urged allies to provide reinforcements.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania  - The United States urged  NATO on Wednesday to produce plans to take control of all  military operations in Afghanistan, possibly from next year, in  a call which spooked some of its alliance partners.
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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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NATO allies with troops fighting in Afghanistan agreed Friday to develop a master plan for efforts to stabilise the country over the next five years, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said.
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MUNICH, Germany  - NATO expects to have smashed most of the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan within the next two years but will need to keep troops there after 2009, the alliance's chief said on Saturday.
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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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Tension among key 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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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is checking up on promises for continued support in the war in Afghanistan by checking in with NATO defense leaders in southeastern Europe.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai accused NATO and US-led troops yesterday of carelessly killing scores of Afghan civilians and warned that the fight against resurgent Taliban militants could fail unless foreign forces show more restraint.
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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 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
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NATO defense chiefs looked on Friday to   raise up to 2,500 extra troops for peacekeeping in Afghanistan   after top alliance officials conceded they had underestimated   Taliban resistance.