Nato chief warns of Afghan task
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Nato's chief warns of big challenges in Afghanistan, as top US and UK diplomats visit the country.
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Western nations must do more to crack down on the drug trade and corruption in Afghanistan, NATO's commander said on Wednesday as the alliance prepared to assume security duties for the whole country.
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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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Concern grows over the progress of operations against Taliban and its effects on the unity of Nato
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NATO military chiefs were set to wrap up a first meeting on Afghanistan amid urgent calls to boost their deployment in the south of the country where they have been surprised by the ferocity of the Taliban resistance.
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NATO's top commander today urged members of the alliance to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, where he said fighters of the deposed Taliban movement are waging an insurgency of surprising intensity.
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The US warns Afghanistan could become a failed state unless Nato countries remain actively involved.
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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 could be destroyed if European allied troops are not prepared to fight in Afghanistan, says US
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Military commanders are looking for more surveillance and other intelligence gathering systems to help aid the fight in Afghanistan, the top NATO commander said Monday.
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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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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in his first speech as Pentagon chief, made an urgent call Sunday for NATO allies to live up to their promises to supply military and economic aid for Afghanistan, saying that failing to do so would be shameful.
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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 Thursday.
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NATO operations in Afghanistan are being hampered by a shortage of troops and the alliance is continually pressing member nations to live up to their commitments, a senior NATO official said on Thursday.
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The West must win the war against Islamic  militants in Afghanistan or face attacks in their own  countries, NATO Secretary-General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer said on  Thursday.
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Thursday he was counting on Germany to operate in any volatile part of Afghanistan in case of need, not just in the more peaceful northern sector.Comment
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NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged alliance countries to take action to lower civilian casualties from fighting in Afghanistan on Friday, saying such incidents could undermine the mission.