No agreement on Afghanistan ahead of NATO meeting
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There was little sign of agreement between NATO member states over who was pulling their weight in Afghanistan, ahead of a meeting of defence ministers in Vilnius Thursday.
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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands -- The mounting tension on Turkey's border with Iraq and U.S. demands for European allies to do more in Afghanistan are expected to dominate a meeting of NATO defense ministers opening Wednesday in the Netherlands.
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A tough mission in Afghanistan will dominate a NATO summit this week but few results are likely and a united Western approach to global security threats may have to await a new generation of leaders, analysts say.
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MONS, Belgium  - NATO's top operational commander said on Wednesday its force in Afghanistan faced troop shortages and diplomats doubted whether an alliance summit next week would plug the gaps.
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Survival of the NATO alliance, a cornerstone of American security policy for decades, is at stake in the debate over how the United States and Europe should share the burden of fighting Islamic extremism in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.
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The leaders of the United Nations, NATO  and Afghanistan gather in Rome this week for a conference aimed  at shoring up Kabul&#39;s &quot;law and order&quot; agenda, even as the  nation slips deeper into conflict.
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Nato states have been ignoring a request for 1,000 extra troops in Afghanistan, the ground commander says.
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World leaders at the Nato summit in Riga, Latvia, today, with Tony Blair on the far right.Comment
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POIANA BRASOV, ROMANIA - Germany and France have rejected an appeal by the United States to have NATO take over the American-led combat mission in Afghanistan.
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Discussion of a possible NATO role in  ending hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah is premature,  alliance Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on  Wednesday, while not excluding such a role outright.
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Nato could be destroyed if European allied troops are not prepared to fight in Afghanistan, says US
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticized NATO on Monday for failing to send enough troops and other resources to Afghanistan, setting the stage for tense alliance discussions later this week.
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In a show of solidarity, NATO leaders agreed Wednesday to come to each other's aid in emergencies anywhere in Afghanistan, but their summit failed to muster significant reinforcements for operations in Taliban strongholds.
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Leading European NATO members were set  to tell military commanders on Wednesday they cannot provide  reinforcements to help quell an insurgency in southern  Afghanistan, alliance sources said.
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NATO defence ministers were set Friday for a second day of contentious talks on Afghanistan amid calls led by the United States and Britain for more frontline combat troops to fight resurgent Taliban forces.
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In a show of solidarity, NATO leaders agreed Wednesday to come to each other's aid in emergencies anywhere in Afghanistan, but their summit failed to muster significant reinforcements for operations in Taliban ...Comment
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Emergency talks on a key arms control  pact began in restrained fashion on Tuesday with Russia, the  United States and NATO states all at pains not to escalate  East-West confrontation, the U.S. and Russian delegations said.