NATO commander seeks troops for Afghanistan
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MONS, Belgium  - NATO's top commander of   operations, General James Jones, acknowledged on Thursday the   alliance had been taken aback by the extent of violence in   southern Afghanistan and urged allies to provide   reinforcements.
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Nato's secretary general calls on Canada to keep soldiers in Afghanistan beyond the current 2009 deadline.
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Nato chiefs are to hold further meetings to decide who will supply extra troops and equipment for Afghanistan.
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NATO's top commander today urged members of the alliance to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, where he said fighters of the deposed Taliban movement are waging an insurgency of surprising intensity.
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Signs of a new spring offensive by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have begun to emerge, but NATO commanders are still short more than 1,000 combat troops, despite repeated requests to allied nations, the top commander said Friday.
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battle by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.
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The head of NATO on Friday voiced frustration at a shortfall of coalition troops needed in Afghanistan, saying he would keep pushing for reinforcements.
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NATO pressed its allies at a summit Tuesday to deploy more troops to Afghanistan's volatile south, but Germany resisted any permanently expanded presence and Canada complained of bearing the brunt of an ...Comment
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From Tuesday's Globe and Mail OTTAWA AND TIRIN KOT, AFGHANISTAN - Prime Minister Stephen Harper goes recruiting today, hoping to convince combat-shy Europeans to reinforce Canada's embattled troops doing much ...Comment
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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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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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Defense chiefs from NATO's 26 nations   agreed on Saturday they needed more troops and fewer   limitations on the use of their forces to step up the fight   against insurgents in the violent south of Afghanistan.
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SEVILLA, Spain -- The new American commander of NATO presented a new list of military requirements for Afghanistan yesterday that included a request for more combat troops for the country's restive southern provinces.
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Top British generals are asking the government for more planes and helicopters to be sent to help Britain&#039;s troops in restive Afghanistan, a newspaper reported.
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A top Nato general urges member states to send more troops to Afghanistan, as clashes continue in the south.
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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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MONS, Belgium  - NATO's top operational commander said on Wednesday its force in Afghanistan faced troop shortages and diplomats doubted whether an alliance summit next week would plug the gaps.