NATO to Command 12,000 G.I.&#8217;s in Afghanistan
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The shift would extend the allianceÂs area of operations across all of Afghanistan, possibly as soon as next month.
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NATO has assumed command of foreign forces in eastern Afghanistan, taking over from a US-led coalition that toppled the Taliban regime five years ago and completing its expansion across the country.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reinforced its security forces in Afghanistan Friday as part of international efforts to safeguard the presidential election on October 9.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia  - NATO agreed on Thursday to   take command of peacekeeping across all of insurgency-hit   Afghanistan next month after the United States pledged to   transfer an extra 12,000 troops to its force.
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KABUL, Feb. 4 -- The highest-ranking U.S. general to lead troops in Afghanistan took command of 35,500 NATO soldiers Sunday after nine months of British command.
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NATO assumed responsibility for security across the whole of insurgency-hit Afghanistan on Thursday when it took command in the east of the country from a U.S.-led coalition force.
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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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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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NATO defense ministers agreed Thursday on an expansion of the alliance's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan and will send troops into the western parts of the country, the alliance's top official said.
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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 military chiefs are set to make a further request from member states for more troops to fight the Taleban.
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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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The government is to announce that it will send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan, sparking claims that it is being forced to take up the slack from its NATO allies.
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NICE, France -- NATO and the United States said yesterday that they would merge their separate missions in Afghanistan, giving NATO command of an operation that for the first time will combine counterterrorism and peacekeeping activities.
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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 said.
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Western nations must do more to  crack down on the drug trade and corruption in Afghanistan,  NATO's commander said on Wednesday as the alliance prepared to  assume security duties for the whole country.
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Poland said on Thursday it would send   1,000 new troops to Afghanistan, the first nation to respond to   NATO calls for reinforcements to step up the fight against   Taliban insurgents.