War in Afghanistan lends real-life grit to NATO battlefield training in Lithuania
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"The med techs have experienced some pretty harrowing experiences last year providing care under fire ... and having to actually do those things that medics are trained to do - provide life-saving treatment in combat conditions"  (CP) - Six Canadian army medics are bringing their hands-on experience in Afghanistan to a military training exercise on the edge of the Baltic Sea where 1,700 NATO troops are sharing their battlefield skills.The two-week training operation at the Lithuanian army base of Klaipeda is called Amber Hope. It involves personnel from 10 NATO countries, including Canada, Germany, Poland, Finland and the United States.Maj. John Crook, Canada's senior representative at the exercise, says he and his five colleagues from 1 Field Ambulance at Edmonton Garrison, all served in Afghanistan recently. Read more
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BRUSSELS -- Nearly 2,000 NATO troops, including two &quot;rapid response&quot; battalions from Spain and Italy, began arriving in Afghanistan this week to strengthen the international military presence there in time for the Oct. 9 presidential election, NATO officials said.
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Two NATO soldiers were killed during combat operations in southern Afghanistan, NATO said Sunday.
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A roadside bomb has killed two NATO soldiers in Afghanistan as the alliance decided to increase its forces in the country to overcome a resurgent Taliban.
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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
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- As NATO troops exert pressure on Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan, militants have regrouped in western provinces and ignited violence that has killed a dozen people in two days, officials said yesterday.
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US appeals to European nations to boost NATO missions in Iraq and Afghanistan have been a success, with the alliance announcing a small expansion of its fledgling military training facility in Baghdad.
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Two Nato soldiers die in fighting in southern Afghanistan but their nationalities are not yet known.
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U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan have peaked this year at about 26,000, as officials tried to push NATO countries to take on more security responsibility, while keeping enough U.S. forces there to counter the stubborn insurgency.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO said yesterday that its two-week offensive in southern Afghanistan was a ``significant success" that had driven Taliban insurgents from their positions and opened the way for development. But violence was unabated, with suicide bombers killing three civilians and wounding six soldiers.
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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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A roadside bomb killed two NATO soldiers in Afghanistan, as the alliance decided to increase its forces in the country to overcome a resurgent Taliban.
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Recent NATO action can be seen more as a last-ditch effort than a stepped-up, organized campaign.
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All 26 NATO nations have soldiers in Afghanistan and all agree the mission is their top priority. But the refusal of European allies to send more combat troops is forcing an already stretched U.S. military to fill the gap, and straining the Western alliance.
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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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Taliban opposition to NATO forces in  Afghanistan is far tougher than expected when alliance troops  were initially deployed to aid reconstruction, British Defense  Minister Des Browne will say on Tuesday.
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NICE, France -- Several NATO nations, encouraged by the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq, are offering to train Iraqi security forces in their own countries, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday.