Australia urges Europe to do more in Afghanistan
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Europe should deploy more troops to the dangerous southern regions of Afghanistan, Australia's foreign minister said Friday, as the country mourned its second soldier killed there in three weeks.
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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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Europe should deploy more troops to the dangerous southern regions of Afghanistan, Australia's foreign minister said Friday as the country mourned its second soldier killed there in three weeks.
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NATO's top diplomat urged allied foreign ministers Thursday to boost their commitment to Afghanistan and Iraq, where the 26 allies are struggling to muster hundreds of troops needed to expand training or peacekeeping missions.
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Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga urged NATO countries to &quot;whole-heartedly&quot; commit their resources to strife-torn Afghanistan, as alliance leaders gathered in Riga for a summit.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a direct appeal to Europeans on Sunday to support the war in Afghanistan, warning that violence and terrorism could surge worldwide if NATO was defeated there.
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Australia is considering plans to double its troop deployment to Afghanistan to about 1,000 to head off an expected spring resurgence of al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, Defense Minister Brendan Nelson said on Thursday. But Nelson ruled out any plans to follow Britain's lead and reduce Australia's military commitments in Iraq, saying any phased withdrawal of soldiers helping provide security in Iraq's south would put the lives of those who remain in danger.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair urged his NATO allies Wednesday to bolster troop contributions for Afghanistan, saying he expected the issue to be raised on the sidelines of this week's EU summit.
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Australia's new government has warned NATO and its allies they will lose the war against hardline Taliban forces in Afghanistan unless they change tactics urgently, a report said Monday.
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The United States will urge European allies to help speed up a long-promised expansion of Nato's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan at a meeting of defence ministers starting Wednesday, diplomats 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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Europe needs convincing that Nato's Afghan mission is part of a wider war on terror, says the US defence secretary.
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Key countries involved in Afghanistan urged the United Nations on Sunday to expand its role there, but Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said continuing violence kept the world body from operating in some areas.
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Senior U.S. senator John McCain on  Saturday urged European nations to shoulder more of the burden  in Afghanistan, by doing more to fight the booming illegal  opium trade and easing fighting restrictions on their soldiers.
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Afghanistan appeals to the international community for extra supplies of wheat to tackle dire food shortages.
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Defence Minister Des Browne has appealed to London's NATO allies to &quot;step up to the plate&quot; and boost their support for the military alliance's embattled mission in Afghanistan.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged NATO allies to do more in Afghanistan saying the alliance's credibility and global security were at risk.