Nato tours strategic Central Asia
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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.
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NATO military chief General Ray Henault pressed alliance member states to send men and equipment to Afghanistan, where NATO troops are battling a revived Taliban insurgency.
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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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Concern grows over the progress of operations against Taliban and its effects on the unity of Nato
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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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Canadian NATO soldiers keeps watch from a fortified position in a volatile area in Panjwayi district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, 09 November 2006.Comment
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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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No longer threatened by the Soviets, NATO is now a global force. But Afghanistan shows that the enlarged alliance is not comfortable in its new role
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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 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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NATO launched its largest offensive since 2001 in an effort to preempt a Taliban attack.
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BRUSSELS - Under intense pressure from Taliban insurgents based in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and short of the troops needed for victory, NATO again is pleading with member states to step up their commitments, casting the fight in Afghanistan as vital for global security.
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The visit was meant for adjusting technical matters of Ukraine's involvement in NATO's anti-terrorism operation, codenamed the "Active Endeavor." The delegation were led by George Katsirdakis, chief of the NATO ...
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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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Aftershocks of Ukraine and Georgia are stirring up rallies in Central Asia.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - NATO's top operational commander will urge the alliance on Thursday to step up efforts to crush an expected Taliban offensive in Afghanistan but many allies remain reluctant to come forward, officials said.
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Nato in Afghanistan: role model? The Nato summit in the Latvian capital Riga this week will be dominated by the war Nato is waging against the Taleban in Afghanistan and by the concept that Nato should ...Comment