Afghan Taliban tougher than expected: UK Minister
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Taliban opposition to NATO forces in  Afghanistan is far tougher than expected when alliance troops  were initially deployed to aid reconstruction, British Defense  Minister Des Browne will say on Tuesday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged to give British troops in Afghanistan whatever equipment they need in their "very, very tough" fight against the Taliban.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband travelled to the heart of the Taliban insurgency during a surprise trip to Afghanistan on Thursday.
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Britain will send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to fight a resurgent Taliban, media said Friday, only days after the government announced a major reduction in forces in Iraq.
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NATO defence ministers were set Friday for a second day of contentious talks on Afghanistan amid calls led by the United States and Britain for more frontline combat troops to fight resurgent Taliban forces.
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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 leaders have made &quot;significant progress&quot; towards bolstering their troubled forces in Afghanistan, although shortfalls still remain, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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The international effort against   Taliban militants in Afghanistan faces major long-term problems   and cannot succeed by military means alone, an unusually   downbeat Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on   Thursday.
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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.
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Afghanistan's defense minister said Tuesday his government had contacts with the Taliban to try to persuade them to lay down their arms and return to normal life, but vowed no let-up in the military campaign against them.
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British and Afghan forces battled Taliban holdouts Thursday after repelling a brazen insurgent attack on a police headquarters a day earlier in a southern town, killing at least 19 militants, a local official said.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair pledges to "see the job through" in Afghanistan in spite of a resurgent Taleban.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has  pledged to give British troops in Afghanistan whatever  equipment they need in their "very, very tough" fight against  the Taliban.
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Foreign fighters are starting to appear  among Taliban forces fighting British troops in southern  Afghanistan, a senior British official said on Wednesday.
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Britain wants some of its NATO allies to start pulling their weight more in Afghanistan, International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander said Sunday, ahead of crunch talks on the issue.
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The British-led NATO force in  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.
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The international community and the Afghan government alike must raise their game this year to stop Afghanistan from tearing itself apart, Britain's Foreign Secretary said Sunday.