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LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today that several NATO nations will jointly offer 5,000 more troops for Afghanistan, as London and Washington push allies to take on a greater share of the war burden. Full Article at Military Times
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* New commitments from European allies could take time * NATO says allies cannot match U.S. contributions * Russia says wants to be kept better informed of plans BRUSSELS, Nov 25 (Reuters) - NATO warned on Wednesday that its European members are... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers give a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga. View Photo »
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Don’t make any mistake. We will stay in Afghanistan as long as it takes to finish our job - but that is, of course, not forever
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Burden sharing by the rest of the coalition is the last of the conditions placed on the UK's boost by the Prime Minister which remains to be fulfilled. Full Article at Daily Express
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Burden sharing by the rest of the coalition is the last of the conditions placed on the UK's boost by the Prime Minister which remains to be fulfilled. Full Article at Asian Leader
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The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will travel to Warsaw today, Monday 23rd November 2009. He will meet the Prime Minister Mr. Donald Tusk, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Radoslaw Sikorski and the Minister of Defence, Mr. Full Article at NATO
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers (R) arrive to give a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga. View Photo »
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To my mind it is obvious - that if we were to walk away and turn our backs on Afghanistan, al-Qaeda would be back in a flash
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Even as NATO’s new Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the commitment to the war against terrorism in Afghanistan by the alliance and Europe is strong, he said its troops will one day be pulled out, echoing remarks by British Prime Minister... Full Article at New Europe News
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is in advanced talks with its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies for a coordinated rollout of a new Afghan war strategy, which U.S. officials hope will include a commitment by European allies to send... Full Article at Global Research
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WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) in the Oval Office at the White House September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama and Rasmussen met to discuss new strategy for the war in Afghanistan.
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Don’t make any mistake. We will stay in Afghanistan as long as it takes to finish our job - but that is, of course, not forever
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To my mind it is obvious - that if we were to walk away and turn our backs on Afghanistan, al-Qaeda would be back in a flash
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I have absolutely no doubt that if we were to walk away and turn our backs on Afghanistan al-Qaeda would be right back
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It's a bit premature to make final decisions on exact troop numbers but I feel quite confident we will see increased troop contributions to Afghanistan
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In a few weeks, I expect we will decide, in NATO, on the approach, and troop levels needed, to take our mission forward
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It is really one of my priorities to improve the relations between NATO and the EU. We desperately need that
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I fully agreed with the ambassador that the government in Kabul must fight corruption effectively
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We can and should start next year to hand lead responsibility to Afghan forces in a coordinated way through NATO where conditions permit
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We need to train more Afghan soldiers and more Afghan police, so I would expect allies to provide more resources for our training mission in Afghanistan
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We are engaged in an intense process among allies and all ISAF nations on the way forward in Afghanistan
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Saudi Arabia and Oman have showed growing interest in working with NATO
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We have a shared interest in helping countries like Afghanistan and Iraq to stand on their feet again, fostering stability in the Middle East... and preventing countries like Somalia and Sudan from slipping deeper into chaos
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I am pleased that we now have an agreed understanding on how we are going to transition from a NATO security lead to an Afghan lead.
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The only way to ensure that Afghanistan does not become once again a safe haven for terrorism is if it is made strong enough to resist the insurgency as well ... In Afghanistan, you cannot separate counterterrorism from counterinsurgency.
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It does not solve the problems in Afghanistan just to hunt down and kill individual terrorists
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Leaving Afghanistan behind would once again turn the country into a training ground for al-Qaida. The pressure on nuclear-armed Pakistan would be tremendous. Instability would spread throughout central Asia and it would only be a matter of time until we here in Europe would feel the consequences of all ...
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To my mind it is important for Europe that we are talking about rolling out a system within a couple of years that can provide European and North American citizens with a defence against a real and growing missile threat ... I hope that by our next summit in Lisbon next fall we can agree to make missile...
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To my mind it is important for Europe that we are talking about rolling out a system within a couple of years that can provide European and North American citizens with a defence against a real and growing missile threat ... I hope that by our next summit in Lisbon next fall we can agree to make missile...
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The only way to ensure that Afghanistan does not become once again a safe haven for terrorism is if it is made strong enough to resist the insurgency as well ... In Afghanistan, you cannot separate counter-terrorism from counter-insurgency.
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We cannot and we should not be in the lead in Afghanistan for ever ... We will need more training teams and we will need more money.
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Ministers welcomed the fact the new approach puts European missile defense more into a NATO context
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Making Afghanistan strong enough to resist terrorism means more than just a strong army and police force
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There is a support of this counter-insurgency strategy which means that ministers agree that it does not solve the problems of Afghanistan just to hunt down and kill individual terrorists
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In Afghanistan, you cannot separate counterterrorism from counterinsurgency ... It means that the international community has to invest in strengthening Afghan capacity to fight their own fight, to make it impossible for terrorists to flourish once again in Afghanistan.
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