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Afghan National Army (ANA) backed by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) eliminated 18 Taliban militants in Nawbahar district of southern Zabul province on Saturday, Afghan army commander in the region said. Full Article at People's Daily Online
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In a startling statement, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday that it is difficult for the international coalition "to occupy Afghanistan or to defeat Taliban" in Afghanistan. Full Article at People's Daily Online
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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) shakes hands with Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers in Riga October 8, 2009. View Photo »
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We simply do not have the Afghan partners, the NATO allies, the domestic support, the financial resources or the national interests to justify an enlarged and prolonged nation-building effort in Afghanistan.
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An extensive search has been continuing for two U.S. soldiers missing in northwest Afghanistan's Badghis since Wednesday, as 25 NATO and Afghan forces were wounded during the search operation Friday, a statement of the NATO-led International Security... Full Article at People's Daily Online
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Afghan troops and NATO war jets pounded insurgents during a "fierce battle" in southern Afghanistan, killing 17 rebels, the defence ministry said on Sunday. Full Article at Hindustan Times
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KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under fire from his international partners to clean up his administration, insisted Sunday there's no place for corrupt officials within his government. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) speaks as Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers listens during a news conference in Riga October 8, 2009. View Photo »
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If NATO really wanted to help, they should go and bombard the Taliban hideouts and sanctuaries
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KABUL -- U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated yesterday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police officers during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the... Full Article at Columbus Dispatch
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he might not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month,... Full Article at Columbus Dispatch
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Admiral James Stavridis, NATO�s recently appointed Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), delivers an address on �NATO: A bridge to the Future� at the Royal United Services Institute, in London, on October 2, 2009.
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If NATO really wanted to help, they should go and bombard the Taliban hideouts and sanctuaries
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Then the aircraft came ... And when the aircraft came, we Taliban dispersed and they bombed where the Afghans and their NATO soldiers had been fighting. There were many casualties.
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Perhaps there should have been more horse-trading. The West would have ceded a great deal to ensure the fall of the Berlin Wall, which divided not only Berlin, but the entire world into two camps. For example, an agreement could have been reached that NATO would not expand to the territory of former War...
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there is growing concern in London and in NATO governments about the time it is taking for the Obama administration to decide its strategy. ‘It's make your mind up time,’ one minister said. A Ministry of Defence source added: ‘Without a decision there is a concern that the British public will lose faith...
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Our NATO allies have been an active participant in Afghanistan from the very beginning, but with this new NATO structure, we perhaps will see even more involvement by partner countries
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Our not following through will have devastating consequences not only for Afghanistan but also for our NATO allies. This is the first time ever (NATO members have) committed troops to combat.
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Every woman who we have talked to in Afghanistan, all the Afghan women in the NGOs, in the government, say the United States and the peacekeeping troops and NATO must stay, they must not leave until the Afghan army is able to take over
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If you look at the deployment of US forces in Afghanistan, as against other NATO country forces in Afghanistan, youll see that undoubtedly the US forces are positioned to guard the pipeline route. Its what its about. Its about money, its about energy, its not about democracy.
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For Turkey, a member of NATO and an aspiring member of the European Union, to welcome President Bashir is frankly baffling. If Turkey is truly committed to the values that would make membership of the European Union possible, it should quickly make clear that President Bashir is absolutely unwelcome.
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Kohl wanted to bind the new Germany into a united Europe and NATO to prevent any resurgence of nationalism. He argued that an economic and monetary union would be unbalanced and a patchwork unless Europe achieved a political union at the same time
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In general … the people in Estonia understand we’re a member of NATO. We can’t just consume security we have to contribute to it
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It's also, I think, well understood that Australia uniquely has responsibilities in its own area of the world. And let me say this, Australia is the largest non-NATO contributor to ISAF (International Security Assistance Force).
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The committee also expressed its concern over NATO forces vacating border checkposts after Pakistan started a military offensive against the militants in South Waziristan
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I will work to defeat the domestic Taliban insurgency and to ensure that Pakistani territory is not used to launch terrorist attacks on our neighbors or on NATO forces in Afghanistan.
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NATO backs new strategy for the war in Afghanistan
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US negotiators had offered the Taliban leadership through Mullah Wakil Ahmed Mutawakkil (former Taliban foreign minister) that if they accept the presence of NATO troops in Afghanistan, they would be given the governorship of six provinces in the south and northeast.
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Has Turkey decided to quit NATO membership? No. Is Turkey readying to quit its membership of the Council of Europe? No. Have entry talks with the EU been suspended? No. Has Turkey ended its partnership relations with the United States? No
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Every sign of the United States or NATO dithering over strategy only convinces the Pakistani military about keeping its Taliban option open.
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Today Wahhabi thought is paving the way to legitimize the presence of US and NATO forces [in the region] but the United States and NATO will be burnt in this plot
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Saudi Arabia and Oman have showed growing interest in working with NATO
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The partnership between NATO and UAE forces in Afghanistan is an implementation of the spirit behind the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative
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Whether as a member of the UN Security Council or NATO, Turkey has been working toward world peace and security ... The Great Ataturk's words Peace at Home, Peace in the World.
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We simply do not have the Afghan partners, the NATO allies, the domestic support, the financial resources or the national interests to justify an enlarged and prolonged nation-building effort in Afghanistan.
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this is yet another example of NATO/ISAF carrying out one campaign in Afghanistan while the CIA carries out another — with both campaigns operating at cross purposes to one another.
SOURCE: Columbia Journalism Review
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