NATO to study fast move to complete Afghan handover
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NATO defense ministers will on  Thursday examine a military proposal that will allow the  alliance to rapidly complete its plans to take over command of  all peacekeepers in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.
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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 defense chiefs agreed on Friday  they must plug shortfalls in peacekeeping troops in  Afghanistan, an alliance spokesman said, after top NATO  officials conceded they had underestimated Taliban resistance.
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NATO will assume responsibility for security across the whole of Afghanistan from Thursday when it takes command in the east from U.S.-led coalition forces, a senior NATO official said on Tuesday.
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Nato chiefs are to meet again to decide who will supply extra troops and equipment for Afghanistan.
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NATO countries signaled at a summit in Latvia on Tuesday they could free up more troops to battle Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan by easing restrictions on their forces in emergencies, officials said.
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NATO has assumed control of international forces across Afghanistan, taking charge of the east of the country from the US-led coalition that toppled the Taliban regime five years ago.
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NATO is set to assume command of US-led troops in eastern Afghanistan, completing its expansion across the country in a move that the alliance describes as the most significant in its history.
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NATO will assume responsibility for  security across the whole of Afghanistan from Thursday when it  takes command in the east from U.S.-led coalition forces, a  senior NATO official said on Tuesday.
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NATO forces should be able to hand over responsibility to Afghanistan's security forces gradually in 2008, the alliance's secretary-general said on Tuesday.
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NATO will soon assume direct control over most military operations in Afghanistan, a move that will place 12,000 more U.S. troops under its authority, a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday.
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NATO has assumed command of foreign forces in eastern Afghanistan, taking over from a US-led coalition that toppled the Taliban regime five years ago and completing its expansion across the country.
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The shift would extend the allianceÂs area of operations across all of Afghanistan, possibly as soon as next month.
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Nato could expand its force in Afghanistan ahead of elections due in April, a top alliance commander says.
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NATO defense ministers agreed Thursday on an expansion of the alliance's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan and will send troops into the western parts of the country, the alliance's top official said.
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NATO forces in Afghanistan have set themselves a six-month deadline to establish a clear advantage over Taliban insurgents, their commander said in an interview.
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NATO leaders could agree to move troops around Afghanistan in emergency cases, as commanders demand more flexibility to fight the Taliban-led insurgency, the alliance's secretary general said.