NATO ministers to focus on Afghan mission
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NATO defense ministers will hold talks with their Afghan counterpart on Friday as the United States urges allies to devote more resources to support the government in Kabul.
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Germany's defense minister rejected a U.S proposal to have NATO take over the U.S.-led military mission in Afghanistan, saying Wednesday that his country wants to focus on stabilization.
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Nato is to expand its mission in Afghanistan to cover the whole of the insurgency-hit country.
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Nato chiefs are to hold further meetings to decide who will supply extra troops and equipment for Afghanistan.
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The NATO mission in Afghanistan threatens a rift between nations willing to participate in combat operations and those that are not.
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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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IN LATVIA NATO today begins one of the most important summits in its 57-year history as the alliance attempts to adjust to a new role, with one country, Afghanistan, dominating the agenda.Comment
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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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Nato ministers meet North African and Middle East envoys to warm ties as  two days of alliance talks begin.
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NATO foreign ministers agreed Thursday to launch the next phase of the alliance training mission in Iraq , a move that should see up to 300 military
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Allied defence ministers with troops on the front line in southern Afghanistan held talks Friday on how to fill gaps in forces and hammer out a strategy for the next half a decade.
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NATO has postponed a meeting due on Thursday between its foreign ministers and their Ukrainian counterpart but will seek early talks with a foreign minister of a "new and legitimate" Ukraine government, NATO sources said.
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Nato's chief warns of big challenges in Afghanistan, as top US and UK diplomats visit the country.
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British, US and other allied defense ministers gathered here Friday to start crafting a five-year strategy to combat a growing Taliban insurgency and to press for more NATO troops.
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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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NATO foreign ministers agreed Thursday to launch the next phase of the alliance training mission in Iraq, a move that should see up to 300 military instructors arrive in Baghdad in the coming weeks.
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The United States will urge European allies to help speed up a long-promised expansion of Nato's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan at a meeting of defence ministers starting Wednesday, diplomats said.