NATO agrees fast takeover for Afghan peacekeeping
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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 could order the start of military planning for a possible takeover of operations in Afghanistan from US forces as early as next year, the US ambassador to the alliance said.
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NATO has assumed responsibility for security across the whole of Afghanistan, taking over from U.S.-led forces that toppled the Taliban regime five years ago.
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British forces in Afghanistan are due to hand control of Nato's International Security Assistance Force to the US.
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NATO will not be deterred by the   resurgence of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan and will go   ahead with its planned takeover from U.S.-led forces in the   volatile east, the alliance's head said on Wednesday.
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Rivals in western Afghanistan agreed to a cease-fire last week after the arrival of the Afghan National Army.
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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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The US is calling on Nato to take overall responsibility for peacekeeping and reconstruction in Afghanistan. US officials are proposing the separate US and Nato missions there should merge under Nato command
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The European Union began its biggest-ever military operation today, formally taking over Natoâs peacekeeping mission in Bosnia with 7,000 troops.
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Eurocorps, the core of what could someday become a European army, has taken over command of NATO's peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan.
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NATO&#39;s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina was officially transferred to a EU-led force at a ceremony Thursday. At the same time, NATO opened a permanent headquarters in Sarajevo.
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NATO is set to assume command of US-led troops in eastern Afghanistan, completing its expansion across the country in a move that the alliance describes as the most significant in its history.
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NATO leaders will declare their determination on Wednesday to prevail over Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan while offering only small increases in troop levels and flexibility.
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Government officials from the US have helped broker a ceasefire between two rival militia commanders in western Afghanistan.
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Washington will ask NATO to devise a blueprint by February to have the alliance take over operations in Afghanistan, now split between an American force and NATO contingent, officials said on Tuesday.
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KABUL - NATO-led peacekeepers and US-led forces in Afghanistan are stepping up security for Tuesday&#39;s swearing in ceremony for President Hamid Karzai in Kabul.
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NATO defense ministers will on  Thursday examine a military proposal that will allow the  alliance to rapidly complete its plans to take over command of  all peacekeepers in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.