Poland to boost Nato Afghan force
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Poland is to send an extra 1,000 troops to Afghanistan to join Nato forces there, but not until next year.
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NATO is seeking an additional 2,000 troops to bolster its force in Afghanistan amid increasing insurgent violence, a spokesman said Friday in Warsaw, where the alliance's defense chiefs were meeting.
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Poland said on Thursday it would send   1,000 troops to Afghanistan next February in the first offer   since a NATO appeal for reinforcements, but it was unclear   whether any would go to the heartland of a Taliban insurgency.
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Nato must commit more troops and aid to Afghanistan if it is to establish a viable democracy, MPs say.
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NATO allies were considering urgent calls to bolster the size of their force in Afghanistan, where Britain's senior commander described fighting as more ferocious than in Iraq.
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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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Polish Defence Minister Aleksander Szczyglo said Thursday he had asked for government approval to keep 1,200 Polish soldiers in Afghanistan deployed there into 2008.
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Poland wants a bilateral pact and   improved air defenses as part of any deal to become the first   ballistic missile-defense hub outside of the United States, its   defense minister said on Wednesday.
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Poland's defense minister said in comments broadcast Thursday that his nation will send at least 900 troops to eastern Afghanistan next year. NATO said the offer did not ease the immediate need for 2,500 additional soldiers in the violence-wracked south.
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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 is to expand its peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan with more troops being sent to western regions.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States stepped up pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to send more troops to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the next few weeks would be pivotal in battling the insurgency.
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NATO nations need to increase the number of troops they send to Afghanistan, President Bush said in a speech Thursday.
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Netherlands Air Force F-16 combat jets will reinforce the NATO multinational force in Afghanistan to ensure security during the October elections.
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Nato could expand its force in Afghanistan ahead of elections due in April, a top alliance commander says.
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Britain may increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan, according to a Nato spokesman.
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Poland's new prime minister yesterday reaffirmed his nation's commitment to fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he suggested during his first U.S. visit that Poland might be willing to host elements of a missile defense system.