Afghan force 'needs more troops'
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Nato's top commander urges member states to provide reinforcements to the mission in southern Afghanistan.
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Australia is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan to counter resurgent Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters, Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said Thursday.
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The government is set to announce that more British troops are to be sent to Afghanistan, the BBC learns.
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The British-led NATO force in southern  Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its  mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing  stronger, a report by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.
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NATO must do more to help train and equip Afghanistan&#39;s national army, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said here Friday.
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NATO allies were considering urgent calls to bolster the size of their force in Afghanistan, where Britain's senior commander described fighting as more ferocious than in Iraq.
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Britain plans to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan, bolstering the 5,000 it already has there, British lawmakers said Friday.
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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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Britain will soon announce it is bolstering its force in Afghanistan with an extra 1,000 soldiers, British media reported Friday, days after the country said it plans to withdraw 1,600 troops from Iraq in coming months.
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More than 1,000 extra British troops are to be sent to  Afghanistan by the government, the BBC learns.
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NATO's plans to send more soldiers to Afghanistan to quell a resurgent Taliban would simply give the rebels more targets, a guerrilla commander said on Thursday.
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More troops will be sent to southern Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Des Browne announces.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is asking European allies for more troops to help stabilize Afghanistan, where the government is weak, the insurgency is relentless and casualties are mounting.
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Officials say they will need a further increase in combat forces to put down remaining areas of resistance.
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Britain is expected to announce the deployment of more than 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to help combat an anticipated offensive by Taliban insurgents in coming months, the Guardian newspaper reported on Friday.
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battle by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.
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A further deployment of British troops to Afghanistan is to be ordered by the government, the BBC learns.