NATO mission in Afghanistan 'absolutely critical' for global security: Blair
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan is &quot;absolutely critical&quot; for world security, as the military alliance expanded its role there.
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Outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair defended Thursday armed interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying Britain should be ready to use force again to prevent genocide, oppression and injustice.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair, seeking to repair strained ties between the United States and Europe, on Monday urged Washington to reach out to its allies and not depend on military force alone in the ...
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair called for the European Union to develop the capability by next year to deploy troops to Africa within 10 days as part of plans to fight poverty, disease and war in the region.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair undertook a passionate defence of the transatlantic alliance but called on the United States to &quot;reach out&quot; to its international partners for the sake of world order.
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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair told soldiers fighting a resurgent Taliban that success in Afghanistan would be a step toward global security, and on Monday pledged Britain's commitment to the war-torn country "for as long as it takes."
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Tony Blair has taken a swipe at critics of the British military mission in Afghanistan, five years on from the start of operations to oust the Taliban regime from power there.
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British forces in Afghanistan are attacked up to a dozen times a day and are involved in &quot;extraordinarily intense&quot; fighting in the country, the senior British commander there said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for a &quot;complete renaissance&quot; of the global approach to tackling extremism, with as much emphasis on &quot;soft&quot; power as military might.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is hopeful that his NATO allies will pledge to do more to help British-led troops in southern Afghanistan at an alliance summit in the Latvian capital.
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Poverty and conflict in Africa have  made it a refuge for terrorists, British Prime Minister Tony  Blair said on Thursday at a summit in Ethiopia he hopes will  turn the continent's problems into a global priority.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair flew home from a NATO summit pleased with better-than-expected pledges of support for his country's troops on the frontline in southern Afghanistan.
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NATO allies were considering urgent calls to bolster the size of their force in Afghanistan, where Britain's senior commander described fighting as more ferocious than in Iraq.
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Improving security in Afghanistan can only be done by political, rather than military, means, Britain's top military officer said Thursday as NATO offered more troops.
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Blair says move driven by need to secure the area before Iraq&#39;s Jan. elections; critics say it is more about US elections in Nov. British troops currently deployed in central Iraq are likely &quot;heading for an
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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.