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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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NEW YORK - US President Barack Obama's administration is talking with NATO officials about staging a coordinated rollout of a new Afghanistan war strategy, a major American newspaper reported Saturday. Full Article at The Nation
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There was a five day NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) conference in Scotland's capital Edinburgh from Friday 13th November through to Tuesday 17th November 2009. Full Article at Portland Indymedia
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KABUL, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- After its Parliamentary Assembly's meeting in Edinburgh, NATO seems to have moved further closer to a final decision on troops surge in Afghanistan. Full Article at Xinhua
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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday the alliance must not turn its back on Afghanistan as this would raise the threat from al-Qaeda and lead to insecurity throughout central Asia. Full Article at Ynetnews
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What better opportunity for Liberal MP Fran Bailey catch a few Zs. Full Article at Adelaide Now
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NATO and its allies will order ''substantially more forces'' into battle in Afghanistan in coming weeks, the alliance's secretary-general has promised. Full Article at The Age
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IT was the world's most powerful military organisation declaring it would massively escalate the war in the Middle East. What better opportunity for Liberal MP Fran Bailey catch a few Zs. Full Article at The Daily Telegraph
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In Edinburgh at a NATO parliamentary assembly, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said: "In a few weeks, I expect we will decide, in Nato, on the approach, and troop levels needed, to take our mission forward." Full Article at Huliq.com
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EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The head of NATO says he expects substantially more troops to be sent into the fray against the Afghan insurgency. Full Article at United Press International
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2009 – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen today predicted the alliance’s future mission in Afghanistan will entail a counterinsurgency approach with “substantially more troops.” The NATO chief, speaking to the alliance’s... Full Article at GlobalSecurity.org
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President Barack Obama is weighing several options for boosting U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan as a debate rages in his administration over whether to persist with a counter-insurgency strategy or to narrow it to a counter-terrorism drive... Full Article at The Post Chronicle
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EDINBURGH: The head of NATO said Tuesday he expected "substantially more forces" for Afghanistan to be pledged within weeks, but only to help speed up handing over security responsibility to Afghan forces. Full Article at Channel News Asia
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Nato and its allies will order "substantially more forces" into battle in Afghanistan over the next few weeks, the alliance's secretary general said today. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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On Wednesday, 18 November, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will meet Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Mr. Giorgi Baramidze. Full Article at NATO
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The head of NATO says he expects "substantially more forces" for Afghanistan as part of a wider strategy to hand over security to Afghans. Full Article at GlobalSecurity.org
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen issued his warning just a day after Gordon Brown gave his clearest signal yet that he wants to begin the process of ending Britain’s Afghan mission within months. Full Article at The Telegraph
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A timeless gem of a book Was R103.95 Now R83.16 Edinburgh -The head of Nato expects "substantially more forces" for Afghanistan to be announced soon, he said on Tuesday but stressed they were part of a wider strategy to hand over security to... Full Article at News24
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EDINBURGH: Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Tuesday he was confident the alliance would substantially increase its forces battling Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. Full Article at Dawn
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Bruno Domingos/Reuters U.S. soldiers at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, Nov. 15, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama is weighing several options for boosting U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan. Full Article at National Post
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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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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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I am here as a reformer ... I want to modernize, transform and reform so that NATO adapts to the security environment for the 21st century.
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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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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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It does not solve the problems in Afghanistan just to hunt down and kill individual terrorists ... What we need is a much broader strategy.
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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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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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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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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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