NATO allies face new Afghan troop call
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NATO's top operational commander wants more troops to help crush an expected Taliban offensive in Afghanistan but is facing widespread reluctance among allies to come forward, alliance officials said on Tuesday.
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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair urged his NATO allies Wednesday to bolster troop contributions for Afghanistan, saying he expected the issue to be raised on the sidelines of this week's EU summit.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates will  press NATO allies this week for more troops and aid to relieve  shortfalls in Afghanistan as commanders prepare a spring  offensive against the Taliban, a senior U.S. defense official  said.
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All 26 NATO nations have soldiers in Afghanistan and all agree the mission is their top priority. But the refusal of European allies to send more combat troops is forcing an already stretched U.S. military to fill the gap, and straining the Western alliance.
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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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Countries with troops in southern Afghanistan will discuss on Friday how to tackle rising violence by Taliban insurgents and mounting U.S. calls for bigger contributions to NATO's Afghan mission.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday pushed European allies for more troops to re-energize efforts in southern Afghanistan, where the Taliban insurgency has increased its attacks in the 18 months since NATO took command of the war.
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Nato could be destroyed if European allied troops are not prepared to fight in Afghanistan, says US
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NATO generals struggled Wednesday to persuade allies to provide an extra 2,000 troops urgently sought by commanders because of the ferocity of Taliban resistance to the alliance push into southern Afghanistan.
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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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The United States pressed its NATO allies to begin military planning for possibly taking over command of operations in Afghanistan from US forces as early as next year.
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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's top diplomat urged allied foreign ministers Thursday to boost their commitment to Afghanistan and Iraq, where the 26 allies are struggling to muster hundreds of troops needed to expand training or peacekeeping missions.
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Nato's top commander urges member states to provide reinforcements to the mission in southern Afghanistan.
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NATO allies must fulfill their   commitment to the future stability of Afghanistan by   dispatching more troops to fight insurgents, Washington's   ambassador to the alliance said on Wednesday.
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NATO military chiefs were set to wrap up a first meeting on Afghanistan amid urgent calls to boost their deployment in the south of the country where they have been surprised by the ferocity of the Taliban resistance.