Two Allies Oppose US Plan to Merge Missions in Afghanistan, but Planning Continues
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France and Germany spoke out Wednesday against a U.S. proposal to put NATO in charge of the military and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, but U.S. and other officials said the alliance would go ahead and ...
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On the eve of a NATO meeting to round up more troops for Afghanistan, US officials urged its partners there to stay the course, amid fresh fighting and kidnappings in the turbulent country.
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Survival of the NATO alliance, a cornerstone of American security policy for decades, is at stake in the debate over how the United States and Europe should share the burden of fighting Islamic extremism in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has renewed criticism of a group of Nato allies for refusing to allow officers to serve in a Nato training mission in Iraq .
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Washington will ask NATO to devise a blueprint by February to have the alliance take over operations in Afghanistan, now split between an American force and NATO contingent, officials said on Tuesday.
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NATO allies with troops fighting in Afghanistan agreed Friday to develop a master plan for efforts to stabilise the country over the next five years, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said.
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Tensions among key allies over the war in Afghanistan spilled into the open on Wednesday as NATO rejected U.S. criticism that some of its troops did not know how to fight a guerrilla insurgency.
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France and Germany spoke out Wednesday against a US proposal to put NATO in charge of the military and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, but US and other officials
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The US-led NATO campaign in Afghanistan is struggling to cope with insufficient troops and a resurgent Taliban insurgency, claims a parliamentary report published Wednesday.
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NICE, France  - The United States will call on its  European NATO allies on Thursday to commit more forces to  alliance missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, as both sides try to  mend ties across the Atlantic.
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Tensions are rising between Washington and allies such as Germany over the deployment of troops in Afghanistan
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An effort to provide U.S.-made military transport planes to NATO nations stalled Thursday as allied countries said they needed more time to review the plan.
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France and Belgium, two of the most vocal critics of the US war in Iraq, would not agree Friday to a planned expansion of NATO&#39;s military training mission in Iraq, but
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The United States will press its  European NATO allies to send more troops to Afghanistan's  violent south in response to Canada's call for reinforcements,  but the Pentagon said it will not commit any more of its own  forces there.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States stepped up pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to send more troops to Afghanistan to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the next few weeks would be pivotal in battling the insurgency.
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The United States is pressing NATO to take over the U.S.-led military mission in Afghanistan, possibly as early as 2005, the U.S. ambassador to the alliance said Tuesday.
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The United States will lead pressure on European allies to supply more troops and equipment to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan at NATO talks on Wednesday but could come away frustrated, alliance sources said.