Nato tackles Afghan troop deficit
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Nato states meet in Belgium to discuss who will provide 2,500 reinforcements for its mission in Afghanistan.
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Struggling to muster more troops for Afghanistan and to take on an expanded training mission in Iraq, NATO defense ministers will aim this week to advance reforms that would let the alliance mobilize faster for far-flung operations.
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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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BRUSSELS - Under intense pressure from Taliban insurgents based in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and short of the troops needed for victory, NATO again is pleading with member states to step up their commitments, casting the fight in Afghanistan as vital for global security.
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The British-led NATO force in Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing stronger, a report by Britain's parliament has found.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia  - NATO nations agreed on   Thursday to assume command of peacekeeping across all of   insurgency-hit Afghanistan in the next few weeks, a NATO   spokesman said.
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Nato must commit more troops and aid to Afghanistan if it is to establish a viable democracy, British MPs say.
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Britain may increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan, according to a Nato spokesman.
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NATO countries are not giving the international force securing Afghanistan enough support and there are worrying signs that the Taliban are growing stronger, a detailed study by Britain's parliament has found.
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NATO foreign ministers pledged Thursday to speed the expansion of alliance peacekeeping in Afghanistan and boost military training for Iraq, but failed to come up immediately with the troops for both operations.
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BRUSSELS -- More than a week after NATO's top leaders publicly demanded reinforcements for their embattled mission in southern Afghanistan, only one member of the 26-nation alliance has offered more troops, raising questions about NATO's largest military operation ever outside of Europe and the goal...
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Nato's top commander urges member states to provide reinforcements to the mission in southern Afghanistan.
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The NATO chief on Friday called on Afghanistan to improve its government and strengthen its security forces to step up the fight against the Taliban.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday he is confident NATO nations will provide sufficient peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan, though it may take some prodding.
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NATO leaders today agreed to step up operations in Afghanistan and lift the rules of engagement, said Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. A NATO spokesman says this means 26,000 allied troops are now "more usable" for combat in Afghanistan.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania - Struggling to muster more troops for Afghanistan and to take on an expanded training mission in Iraq, NATO defense ministers will aim this week to advance reforms that would let the alliance mobilize faster for far-flung operations.    U.S...
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The NATO mission in Afghanistan is being undermined by members' failure to provide adequate troops and by serious strategic mistakes, a panel of British lawmakers said Wednesday in a report.