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NATO says it's waiting for President Barack Obama's decision on additional troops for Afghanistan before it holds a conference on pledging reinforcements.
NATO leaders expect member states to commit more troops to train Afghanistan's expanding security forces at a meeting of alliance military representatives this month, officials said Tuesday.
A top Pentagon official says President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will be certain to include reinforcements of foreign troops from both the United States and allied nations.
There are already more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan working with 200,000 Afghan security forces and police. It adds up to a 12-1 numerical advantage over Taliban rebels, but it hasn't led to anything close to victory.
NATO's top official says the alliance welcomes President Barack Obama's revamped plans for a missile defense system in Europe and hopes to bring it fully into NATO.
The host of a meeting of NATO defense ministers is harshly criticizing the U.S. over its 2003 invasion of Iraq.
NATO members the Netherlands and Denmark said Friday they will not send more troops to Afghanistan unless its Nov. 7 presidential runoff creates a legitimate government and until President Barack Obama decides on a new strategy.
Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from deciding on a shift in war strategy.
NATO military chiefs called Saturday for reinforcements and more resources for Afghanistan's national security forces, an alliance spokesman said.
America's allies risk eroding NATO's trans-Altantic defense pact if they do not contribute more to the Afghan mission, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance secretary general, said Wednesday.
Vice President Joe Biden is heading to Europe to meet with NATO allies.
Russia is ready to fully restore cooperation with NATO which was suspended in the aftermath of the Russia-Georgia war, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
Russia on Monday welcomed the new NATO chief's call for better ties, but said it's largely up to the alliance to make it happen.
The head of NATO called Friday for the U.S., Russia and NATO to link their missile defense systems against potential new nuclear threats from Asia and the Middle East, saying that the old foes must forget their lingering Cold War animosity.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says a U.S. decision to shelve plans for a missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland "is a positive step."
NATO's top official said Wednesday he was worried about growing public skepticism about the war effort in Afghanistan, and urged the Afghan government to assume greater responsibility for issues ranging from security to good governance.
The strategic review of the war in Afghanistan prepared by the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces there has been received by commands on both sides of the ocean, officials in Brussels said Monday.
NATO's mission in Afghanistan will last "as long as it takes" to ensure that the country is secure, the alliance's new leader said Friday during a visit to the Turkish capital.
NATO may face tough losses as Taliban guerrillas gain ground in the escalating war in Afghanistan, but ultimately the alliance will win, NATO's supreme commander said Wednesday in his first interview since taking charge.
NATO's governing body approved a plan on Tuesday to reorganize the alliance's command structure in Afghanistan by setting up a new headquarters to handle the day-to-day running of the war.
NATO needs more international help from the United Nations and European Union to secure and rebuild Afghanistan, the alliance's new civilian chief said Monday.
Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen takes over as NATO's new secretary general on Monday as part of a team assembled by President Barack Obama to lead the war effort in Afghanistan.
In an unprecedented move, a French general will take over a key NATO command in Norfolk, Virginia, charged with transforming the Europe-centered Cold War alliance to tackle today's global challenges, NATO said Wednesday.
The Afghan government must exploit the opportunity presented by the allied military surge to reconcile with moderate Taliban guerrillas willing to take part in the political process, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Monday.
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Pak Nukes and Obama's AFNAM "US troops in Afghanistan would cost over $1 billion per 1000 troops per year. People expect General Kiyani to show courage and overhaul his bunch first from dollar toxic generals in his ranks to save the very institution he is trying to protect? "
India is the biggest democracy in the world, a secular society aspiring to lead South Asia as it flaunts its societal and economic success upon its smaller neighbors.
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Taliban expands control of Nuristan Taliban fighters are expanding their control of Afghanistan's Nuristan province, an area they claim to have recaptured from US troops.
Want to buy US military wares in Afghanistan? Go to Obama Market.Afghanistan vendors in the 'Obama Market' in Kabul sell MREs, military cots, and goggles like those used by the American military. It's not clear where they come from, but the Otis Spunkmeyer cookies are popular.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Explosion at Nato base in KabulThe BBC's Martin Patience assess the damage caused by the blast A car bomber has struck outside a Nato base in the Afghan capital Kabul, injuring three foreign soldiers and three Afghan civilians, officials say.
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Bomb-making stash seized in Afghanistan Security forces in southern Afghanistan seized a huge stash of bomb-making material, NATO's International Security Assistance Force reported Tuesday.
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