US Seeking Plan for NATO Taking Over Afghan Forces
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Washington will ask NATO to devise a blueprint by February to have the alliance take over operations in Afghanistan, now split between an American force and NATO contingent, officials said on Tuesday.
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NATO defense ministers will on  Thursday examine a military proposal that will allow the  alliance to rapidly complete its plans to take over command of  all peacekeepers in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO yesterday took command of US troops fighting insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, putting the Western alliance in charge of security amid an increase in fighting.
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NATO will assume responsibility for  security across the whole of Afghanistan from Thursday when it  takes command in the east from U.S.-led coalition forces, a  senior NATO official said on Tuesday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The United States could cut its forces in Afghanistan next summer if Taliban militants accept an amnesty to be drawn up by President Hamid Karzai and neighboring Pakistan, the senior US commander in Kabul said yesterday.
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The United States said it expected  European countries to come up with offers of help in Iraq and  Afghanistan at a NATO meeting on Thursday to discuss the  alliance's role in the insurgency-hit countries.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates will press NATO nations on Thursday to provide military and police trainers for Afghanistan and also plans to express interest in Russia's offer to cooperate on missile defense.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States stepped up pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to send more troops to Afghanistan to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the next few weeks would be pivotal in battling the insurgency.
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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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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived here Thursday for talks with allies on a three- to five-year master plan for a NATO-led force in Afghanistan, a senior US defense official said.
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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.
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The United States is pressing NATO to take over the U.S.-led military mission in Afghanistan, possibly as early as 2005, the U.S. ambassador to the alliance said Tuesday.
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NATO allies with troops on the frontline in Afghanistan agreed Friday to develop a master plan for efforts to stabilise the country over the next five years, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.
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NATO will assume responsibility for security across the whole of Afghanistan from Thursday when it takes command in the east from U.S.-led coalition forces, a senior NATO official said on Tuesday.
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The Taliban threatened a spring offensive of thousands of suicide bombers as the United States, doubling its combat troops in Afghanistan, took over command of the 33,000-strong NATO force on Sunday.
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battle by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.
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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.