Germany extends troops&#39; mandate in Afghanistan by one year
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BERLIN, Sept 30  - The German parliament agreed overwhelmingly on Thursday to back the government and extend the army&#39;s peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan by a further 12 months.
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NATO pressed its allies at a summit Tuesday to deploy more troops to Afghanistan's volatile south, but Germany resisted any permanently expanded presence and Canada complained of bearing the brunt of an ...Comment
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The U.S. military will keep a 'significant' troop presence in Germany and even expand some bases, a senior U.S. commander said Thursday, despite the planned withdrawal of two Cold War-era divisions over the ...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is trapped between demands from NATO partners to send more troops to Afghanistan and strong domestic opposition to such a move.
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NICE, France  - NATO announced it was ready to  launch a long-delayed westward expansion of peacekeeping duties  in Afghanistan on Thursday but said it was still short of staff  for an officer training mission in Iraq.
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The German Cabinet on Wednesday approved a one-year extension to the country's increasingly unpopular role in the NATO mission in Afghanistan, a decision that must now be passed by parliament.
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WASHINGTON -- The Army is again extending the combat tours of thousands of soldiers in Iraq beyond the expected 12 months -- the second such move since August.
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MUNICH, Germany  - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has no plans to boost the number of German troops in Afghanistan or shift them to other parts of the country despite mounting U.S. pressure, a government spokesman said on Saturday.
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The U.N. Security Council authorized NATO-led troops to stay in Afghanistan for another year on Wednesday and gave the Japanese government support in its domestic dispute over refueling U.S. and other ships in the Indian Ocean.
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The U.N. Security Council voted  on Tuesday to extend the mandate of U.S.-led foreign forces in  Iraq for one year, as requested by Iraq for what Baghdad said  was the last time.
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Britain will soon announce that it is bolstering its force in Afghanistan with an extra 1,000 soldiers, the Guardian newspaper reported Friday.
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Japan approved an extension of its troop deployment in Iraq Thursday for up to a year, a decision opposed by most voters, who want to end the nation&#39;s riskiest military mission since World War II.
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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands  - Nine nations including Germany and France pledged to send more military personnel to Afghanistan but U.S. calls for major troop increases were only partly answered at NATO talks on Wednesday.
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ZORMAT, Afghanistan  - U.S. troops in east Afghanistan might be eager for their 15-month tour to end but even as they wait they say would have achieved little had they stayed only six months like NATO troops elsewhere.
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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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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq for one year, a move that Iraq's prime minister said would be his nation's "final request" for help.
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Government officials urged parliament Thursday to keep Germany's 3,000 troops and six reconnaissance jets in Afghanistan for another year, saying a pullout now would endanger progress made since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001.