Nato stretch spurs force rethink
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Nato ministers under multiple pressures to provide troops order a rapid reaction force to be scaled down.
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NATO allies must fulfill their   commitment to the future stability of Afghanistan by upping   their fighting capability and putting more troops on the   ground, Washington's ambassador to the alliance said on   Wednesday.
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Struggling to muster more troops for Afghanistan and take on an expanded training mission in Iraq, NATO defense ministers will aim this week to advance reforms that would let the alliance mobilize faster for ...
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NATO leaders today agreed to step up operations in Afghanistan and lift the rules of engagement, said Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. A NATO spokesman says this means 26,000 allied troops are now "more usable" for combat in Afghanistan.
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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 can prevail in its first mission outside of Europe but only if members boost their commitment, the alliance's head warns.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania  - 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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Britain may increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan, according to a Nato spokesman.
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Recent NATO action can be seen more as a last-ditch effort than a stepped-up, organized campaign.
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Nato can prevail in Afghanistan - but only if members boost their commitment, the alliance's head warns.
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Struggling to muster more troops for Afghanistan and to take on an expanded training mission in Iraq, NATO defense ministers will aim this week to advance reforms that would let the alliance mobilize faster for far-flung operations.
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Nato is to expand its peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan with more troops being sent to western regions.
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NATO leaders could agree to move troops around Afghanistan in emergency cases, as commanders demand more flexibility to fight the Taliban-led insurgency, the alliance's secretary general said.
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NATO leaders reported progress on Tuesday in freeing up more troops to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, signaling that some nations had agreed to drop limits on their forces as an alliance summit opened in Latvia.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania - Struggling to muster more troops for Afghanistan and to take on an expanded training mission in Iraq, NATO defense ministers will aim this week to advance reforms that would let the alliance mobilize faster for far-flung operations.    U.S...
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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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Nato's secretary general says a number of members have offered more military resources for Afghanistan.