US mulls more Afghanistan troops
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is considering plans to send an extra 3,000 marines to Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan gave a welcome on Thursday to 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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The United States will send an additional force of about 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan this spring to help NATO troops and Afghan security forces confront rising Taliban violence, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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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-Qaeda
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The US says it is sending some 3,200 more marines to Afghanistan to help Nato fight the Taleban.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia  - NATO states will probably   offer more troops and equipment to meet shortfalls in   Afghanistan when their defense ministers meet on Thursday, but   holes will remain, a U.S. government official said on   Wednesday.
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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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A plan approved Thursday to extend NATO's military control across all of Afghanistan would put as many as 12,000 U.S. troops under foreign battlefield command, a number that U.S. officials said could be the most since World War II.
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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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The Pentagon plans to extend its buildup of several thousand combat troops in Afghanistan, initially announced as lasting until late spring, well into next year, a senior U.S. military official said Friday.
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With the United States turning up pressure on European allies to stump up more troops for Afghanistan, reports here Saturday suggested Germany is considering sending reinforcements.
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NATO nations faced renewed calls on   Friday to supply extra troops for Afghanistan, with commanders   stressing a Polish offer of 1,000 soldiers next year did not   plug the shortfalls.
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The United States raised  pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to rush more troops to  Afghanistan to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the  coming weeks would be key in battling the insurgency.
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US troops are vital to security, but pressure is growing for them to leave.
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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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US commanders intend to use the increase of US troops in Iraq in more offensive operations.
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The United States urged NATO countries on Wednesday to assume a bigger role in Afghanistan and to come up with a plan to take over all military operations there, possibly as early as next year.