Nato head commits to Afghanistan
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Nato's secretary general says its members cannot "run away" from Afghanistan, as it hold talks in the Netherlands.
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The head of NATO will make an  unprecedented visit to Algeria on Thursday, the opening move in  a drive to beef up cooperation with the Arab world on  counter-terrorism, defense reform and military training.
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NATO operations in Afghanistan are being hampered by a shortage of troops and the alliance is continually pressing member nations to live up to their commitments, a senior NATO official said on Thursday.
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A senior military officer at NATO's  headquarters said Sunday he believed the alliance could play a  key role in helping implement a peace settlement in the Middle  East.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia  - NATO agreed on Thursday to   take command of peacekeeping across all of insurgency-hit   Afghanistan next month after the United States pledged to   transfer an extra 12,000 troops to its force.
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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 forces should be able to hand over responsibility to Afghanistan's security forces gradually in 2008, the alliance's secretary-general said on Tuesday.Comment
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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 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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The Nato alliance is to assume charge of security over the entirety of Afghanistan on Thursday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday NATO would find a joint position on troubled Afghanistan at next week's summit to make sure its difficult mission there will be a success.Comment
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NATO's top commander, Gen. James L. Jones, on Thursday called for allied nations to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, saying the coming weeks could be decisive in the fight against the Taliban.
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NATO's top commander on Thursday urged allied nations to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, where resurgent Taliban militants are inflicting heavy casualties on foreign forces and have captured a remote town for the second time in two months.
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Nato must commit more troops and aid to Afghanistan if it is to establish a viable democracy, MPs say.
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NATO pledged on Wednesday to stay the course to restore peace and stability in Afghanistan at a summit where nations offered guarded concessions to improve the mobility of allied forces battling Taliban insurgents.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia -- NATO said yesterday that it would take control of military operations across all of Afghanistan in what US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld hailed as a ``bold step forward."
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The chief of Nato is touring Central Asia in a sign of the region's growing strategic importance to the West.