British generals need more planes, choppers in Afghanistan
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Top British generals are asking the government for more planes and helicopters to be sent to help Britain&#039;s troops in restive Afghanistan, a newspaper reported.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will use a NATO summit this week to press his allies to do more in Afghanistan, where British troops are on the frontline of bloody fighting with Taliban insurgents.
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Nato military chiefs are set to make a further request from member states for more troops to fight the Taleban.
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Defense chiefs from NATO's 26 nations   agreed on Saturday they needed more troops and fewer   limitations on the use of their forces to step up the fight   against insurgents in the violent south of Afghanistan.
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Britain's new army chief has warned that the country's military forces are stretched to the very limit, as three soldiers died in a grim day for Britons on the frontline in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Hundreds of NATO and Afghan troops Sunday pushed on with a major anti-Taliban operation in which 14 British soldiers were killed in a plane crash while carrying out surveillance.
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Britain is to announce that it will send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan, according to media reports Friday, sparking claims that it is being forced to take up the slack from its NATO allies.
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EYES AND EARS: NATO's top military commander said Monday there is a need for more intelligence-gathering and surveillance systems for the fight in Afghanistan.
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The UK government faces fresh claims that its troops in Afghanistan lack vital equipment.
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Britain plans to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan, bolstering the 5,000 it already has there, British lawmakers said Friday.
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NATO's plans to send more soldiers to Afghanistan to quell a resurgent Taliban would simply give the rebels more targets, a guerrilla commander said on Thursday.
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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.
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NATO military commanders request 2,500 more soldiers to fight Taleban No formal offers from any other alliance members as yet Blair appeals for countries to do their 'duty' Key quote "If we are going to ...
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Britain said Monday it was sending 900 more soldiers to southern Afghanistan to combat resistance from a resurgent Taliban.
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A further deployment of British troops to Afghanistan is to be ordered by the government, the BBC learns.
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Defense chiefs from NATO's 26 nations  agreed on Saturday they needed more troops and fewer  limitations on the use of their forces to step up the fight  against insurgents in the violent south of Afghanistan.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urged European nations to commit more troops to help fight extremism in Afghanistan.