Afghanistan welcomes U.S. troop "mini-surge"
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Afghanistan welcomed on Thursday U.S. plans to send an extra 3,000 troops to fight the Taliban insurgency, but Washington's move highlights divisions between Western allies over how much to commit to the country.
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The new Afghan army is winning the support of the population and is capable of tackling a lingering insurgency by remnants of the ousted Taliban regime, the U.S. general in charge of its training said Monday.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is quietly expanding its network of small outposts worldwide to help fight terrorism in Middle Eastern and African hotspots, even as it prepares to send home tens of thousands of troops from Cold War bases in Germany and South Korea...
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US allies broadly welcome the announcement of plans for a major shake-up of US forces around the world.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States raised pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to rush more troops to Afghanistan to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the coming weeks would be key in battling the insurgency.
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Britain may increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan, according to a Nato spokesman.
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U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan are likely to remain steady, at about 21,000, at least until next February, the top U.S. general for the mission there said Thursday.
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Britain will increase its military presence in southern Afghanistan by about 800 troops to 5,800 this summer, Defense Secretary Des Browne said Thursday.
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Nato's leader backs the move to expand into all of Afghanistan despite not having all the troops needed.
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Nato leaders welcome the relaxation of curbs on deployment of some members' troops in Afghanistan.
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Iraq's government welcomes a positive report on the US troop surge by its top commander in the country.
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Vice President Dick Cheney congratulated U.S. troops for helping give democracy a chance to take root in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, Sep 25 (IPS) - There have been critics enough of the U.S.-led    military actions under way in Afghanistan, but now military  commanders   too have begun to question just what they are doing  in Afghanistan.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The United States could cut its forces in Afghanistan next summer if Taliban militants accept an amnesty to be drawn up by President Hamid Karzai and neighboring Pakistan, the senior US commander in Kabul said yesterday.
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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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The success of the surge has blunted the force of the war in the presidential campaign, but that may change as a new assessment of troop levels is on the way.
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US appeals to European nations to boost NATO missions in Iraq and Afghanistan have been a success, with the alliance announcing a small expansion of its fledgling military training facility in Baghdad.