Report: Low support hurts Afghan mission
484836
The NATO mission in Afghanistan is being undermined by members' failure to provide adequate troops and by serious strategic mistakes, a panel of British lawmakers said Wednesday in a report.
477594
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has flown home from a mission to gain support for a military counter-offensive in Afghanistan that produced little concrete but set a friendlier tone with US allies.
536091
Hard-fought gains by NATO troops this year could be lost in coming months if Afghan forces fail to hold ground seized from the Taliban, the NATO commander in Afghanistan said in an interview broadcast on Thursday.
347433
The failure of NATO allies to meet a shortfall in troops needed to end the Taliban insurgency will not sink the effort, which should &quot;do better this year,&quot; the US ambassador here told AFP this week.
220138
A U.S. general expressed doubt on Tuesday about reports U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan had killed more than 230 civilians this year, saying it was hard to get a good count as combat took place in remote areas.
452871
NATO failed Wednesday to win new troop commitments urgently needed for its Afghanistan campaign, but the alliance said a 10-day offensive to dislodge Taliban fighters from their southern strongholds was achieving its goals despite the shortage of troops.
77601
Nato's top commander urges member states to provide reinforcements to the mission in southern Afghanistan.
204781
The British-led NATO force in southern  Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its  mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing  stronger, a report by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.
207592
NATO countries are not giving the  international force securing Afghanistan enough support and  there are worrying signs that the Taliban are growing stronger,  a detailed study by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.
596705
The Pentagon's decision to send 2,200 Marines to southern Afghanistan will fill a void created in part by NATO's inability to fight the insurgency adequately, a job the allies never signed up to do.
184305
The US-led NATO campaign in Afghanistan is struggling to cope with insufficient troops and a resurgent Taliban insurgency, claims a parliamentary report published Wednesday.
734733
Britain defended its role in Afghanistan   and the reliability of its equipment on Sunday after the   country's worst military air crash in years sparked growing   criticism of the British mission in the country.
486780
Afghan security forces may not be able to hold ground captured by NATO forces in Afghanistan if Taliban insurgents regroup and launch a new offensive over the winter, the top US commander warned Friday.
270237
Some of America's closest NATO allies reacted with surprise and disbelief Wednesday to reported comments from U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggesting that their troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan are not up to the job.
577290
A helicopter from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan went down late Wednesday, causing casualties, the force said as the Taliban claimed to have shot down a chopper.
599125
Deployment of 3,200 marines will help, analysts say, but will not provide the kind of counterinsurgency now needed there.
251962
The scale of British military casualties in Afghanistan is being under-reported, a press report said, citing a report by a senior army officer.