Bush tells NATO to reinforce Afghanistan
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President Bush said Thursday that NATO allies need to supply more soldiers to Afghanistan and be willing to send them into the most violent battles with Taliban fighters, who are gearing up for a new spring offensive.
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President Bush on Wednesday signaled a renewed effort to improve his relations with the European allies by hosting the NATO secretary-general, the first foreign visitor to the White House since Bush won re-election.
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NATO allies must fulfill their   commitment to the future stability of Afghanistan by upping   their fighting capability and putting more troops on the   ground, Washington's ambassador to the alliance said on   Wednesday.
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CRAWFORD, Tex., May 21 -- President Bush vowed Monday to ask NATO allies to commit more troops and other resources to quell the Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, calling the success of the alliance's mission there vital to the future security of both the United States and Europe.
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Nato says it needs to do better in its operations in Afghanistan, after a rebuke from President Hamid Karzai.
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The US president scolds Nato members reluctant to send troops to Afghan hotspots, ahead of a key summit.
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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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The US is calling on Nato to take overall responsibility for peacekeeping and reconstruction in Afghanistan. US officials are proposing the separate US and Nato missions there should merge under Nato command
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The United States will press its  European NATO allies to send more troops to Afghanistan's  violent south in response to Canada's call for reinforcements,  but the Pentagon said it will not commit any more of its own  forces there.
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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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Nato's top commander urges member states to provide reinforcements to the mission in southern Afghanistan.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged NATO allies to do more in Afghanistan, saying the alliance's credibility and global security were at risk.
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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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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 asks for funds to reward countries that 'took risks' to send troops to Afghanistan and Iraq.
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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, the State Department said Tuesday.Comment
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US appeals to European nations to boost NATO missions in Iraq and Afghanistan have been a success, with the alliance announcing a small expansion of its fledgling military training facility in Baghdad.