NATO troop numbers in Afghanistan
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Contributions to NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, based on figures provided by its headquarters in Kabul. NATO says the numbers are based on broad contributions and do not necessarily reflect the exact numbers on the ground at any one time:
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NATO is seeking an additional 2,000 troops to bolster its force in Afghanistan amid increasing insurgent violence, a spokesman said Friday in Warsaw, where the alliance's defense chiefs were meeting.
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U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan are likely to remain steady, at about 21,000, at least until next February, the top U.S. general there said Thursday, echoing earlier comments about forces in Iraq.
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The government is to announce that it will send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan, sparking claims that it is being forced to take up the slack from its NATO allies.
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WARSAW, Sept. 14 -- Poland announced Thursday that it would send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan in the first positive response to an urgent NATO appeal. But it said the soldiers would not reach the country until February.
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NATO nations need to increase the number of troops they send to Afghanistan, President Bush said in a speech Thursday.
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Britain will increase its military presence in southern Afghanistan by about 800 troops to 5,800 this summer, Defense Secretary Des Browne said Thursday.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reinforced its security forces in Afghanistan Friday as part of international efforts to safeguard the presidential election on October 9.
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In its largest offensive yet, thousands of NATO troops moved Tuesday into the mountains of southern Afghanistan where hundreds of hardcore Taliban insurgents hold sway &#151; an operation in the world's biggest opium-producing region aimed at winning over a population long supportive of militant fighters.
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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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SEVILLA, Spain -- The new American commander of NATO presented a new list of military requirements for Afghanistan yesterday that included a request for more combat troops for the country's restive southern provinces.
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More than 18,000 US troops and innumerable Afghan forces are in the process of searching every inch of Afhganistan and Afghan-Pak border.
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Britain will deploy nearly 1,400 extra troops to southern Afghanistan, where NATO forces are bracing for a Taliban spring offensive, Defence Secretary Des Browne said Monday.
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NATO nations faced renewed calls on   Friday to supply extra troops for Afghanistan, with commanders   stressing a Polish offer of 1,000 soldiers next year did not   plug the shortfalls.
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WASHINgTON: For the first time, it has been officially stated that there are over 100,000 Pakistani troops on the country&#39;s border with Afghanistan.
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NATO countries are sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan to help battle a surprisingly violent Taliban resurgence in the south -- the alliance's first test in ground combat for "a long, long time," NATO's top commander said yesterday.
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Leaders of member countries pose for group photo at NATO summit in Riga, 29 Nov 2006 NATO is pledging to continue its mission in Afghanistan, despite the presence of resurgent Taleban and al-Qaida forces and a ...Comment