NATO to take over in Afghanistan on Thursday
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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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PORTOROZ, Slovenia - NATO defense chiefs were set on Thursday to agree to take full command of peacekeeping across all Afghanistan "as soon as is practicable" despite worsening violence there, diplomats ...Comment
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NATO assumed responsibility for security across the whole of Afghanistan on Thursday when it took command in the east of the country from U.S.-led coalition forces.
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Eurocorps, the core of what could someday become a European army, has taken over command of NATO's peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan.
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In American military parlance, it's gut-check time for NATO in Afghanistan, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to answer allies' calls for more forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda
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Afghanistan's security forces supported by NATO-led troops will "very soon" launch an operation to clear the southern Afghan town overrun and controlled by Taliban militants, an Afghan official said Saturday.
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NATO defense ministers will on  Thursday examine a military proposal that will allow the  alliance to rapidly complete its plans to take over command of  all peacekeepers in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.
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ARGHINDAB RIVER VALLEY, Afghanistan  - British-led armored columns of NATO troops swept into southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Friday, launching one of the biggest operations in months.
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The US is calling on Nato to take overall responsibility for peacekeeping and reconstruction in Afghanistan. US officials are proposing the separate US and Nato missions there should merge under Nato command
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The Taliban threatened a spring offensive of thousands of suicide bombers as the United States, doubling its combat troops in Afghanistan, took over command of the 33,000-strong NATO force on Sunday.
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NATO defense ministers will on Sept. 28 examine a military proposal that will allow the alliance to rapidly complete its plans to take over command of all peacekeepers in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.Comment
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"Nobody wants any finger-pointing." NATO leaders meet this week in Riga, Latvia where the struggling mission in Afghanistan is expected to top the agenda.Comment
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NATO could order the start of military planning for a possible takeover of operations in Afghanistan from US forces as early as next year, the US ambassador to the alliance said.
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NATO defense ministers will on   Thursday examine a military proposal that will allow the   alliance to rapidly complete its plans to take over command of   all peacekeepers in Afghanistan, NATO officials said.
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BRUSSELS -- Nearly 2,000 NATO troops, including two &quot;rapid response&quot; battalions from Spain and Italy, began arriving in Afghanistan this week to strengthen the international military presence there in time for the Oct. 9 presidential election, NATO officials said.
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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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The commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Forces on Saturday said troops will "kick the Taliban out and defeat them" after Taliban forces took control in the southern Afghan district of Musa Qala overnight, shouldering out a locally raised force of auxiliary police loyal to the Afghan government.