U.S. to Bolster Forces in Afghanistan
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The U.S. military is planning to deploy about 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan this spring to counter an expected offensive by Taliban insurgents, a Pentagon spokesman said yesterday, citing NATO allies' failure to provide additional combat troops.
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The United States will press its European NATO allies to send more troops to Afghanistan's violent south in response to Canada's call for reinforcements, but the Pentagon said it will not commit any more of its own forces there.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will consider a proposal to send some 3,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan to thwart any spring offensive by Taliban militants, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
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Poland will send at least 900 troops to bolster the NATO mission in Afghanistan, its defense minister said in comments broadcast Thursday.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reinforced its security forces in Afghanistan Friday as part of international efforts to safeguard the presidential election on October 9.
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The US military announced Tuesday it was sending 3,200 additional troops to Afghanistan to help counter an expected offensive by the Taliban militia and help train Afghan national soldiers.
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U.S. forces in Afghanistan vowed on  Wednesday to bolster security in the volatile south and  southeast ahead of a landmark election, as Taliban guerrillas  bent on disrupting the poll launched a fresh wave of attacks.
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Afghanistan welcomed on Thursday U.S. plans to send an extra 3,000 troops to fight the Taliban insurgency, but Washington's move highlights divisions between Western allies over how much to commit to the country.
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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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About 3,200 Marines are being told to prepare to go to Afghanistan, military officials said Monday, in an effort to boost combat troop levels and get ready for an expected Taliban offensive this spring.
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In American military parlance, it's gut-check time for NATO in Afghanistan, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to answer allies' calls for more forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida.
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The United States intensified Friday its diplomatic drive to recruit more coalition troops for Afghanistan amid fears its allies could abandon a cornerstone of the US-led "war on terror."
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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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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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The U.S. wants more money to beef up Afghan security forces and reconstruction efforts. But it may be too late to thwart the Taliban's expected spring offensive
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A move to beef up US forces in Afghanistan with some 3,000 marines reflects growing concerns about rising insurgent violence and turmoil in neighboring Pakistan, analysts said Thursday.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States stepped up pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to send more troops to crush an expected Taliban offensive in the coming weeks.