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Barack Obama finalises Afghanistan troop surge

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday

Barack Obama is expected to announce his long-delayed plans for a troop surge in Afghanistan next week with a promise of between 3,000 and 7,000 extra troops from Nato allies — including Britain, so as to stop this looking like America’s war. An announcement by the US president is anticipated before the meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels on December 3. American officials suggest...

Edinburgh meeting makes NATO action plan for Afghanistan more vivid

People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

After its Parliamentary Assembly's meeting in Edinburgh, NATO seems to have moved further closer to a final decision on troops surge in Afghanistan. Though no formal statement was issued at the end of the meeting, the speeches of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband manifested what is on the mind of the alliance leaders. The five-day gathering, attended...

NATO cannot afford to turn its back on Afghanistan: Rasmussen

Sify (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

A NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan would lead to a strengthening of al-Qaeda and cause instability to spread through the region, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday in the Hungarian capital.

NATO cannot afford to turn its back on Afghanistan - Rasmussen

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Budapest - A NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan would lead to a strengthening of al-Qaeda and cause instability to spread through the region, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday in the Hungarian capital. Rasmussen spoke of the...

NATO welcomes Karzai's second term, demands corruption clampdown

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Brussels - Hamid Karzai must rid his new administration of rampant corruption, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday as he hailed the Afghan president's second term as an historic event. On behalf of NATO, I congratulate President Karzai ...

UK: Taliban Must Be In Government

FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

UPDATED ON:Wednesday, November 18, 2009 00:30 Mecca time, 21:30 GMT Courtesy Of Al Jazeera Britain's foreign secretary has suggested that senior Taliban figures be given positions in the Afghan government to bring an end to the violence in the country. At a meeting of Nato's parliamentary assembly in Edinburgh, Scotland on Tuesday, David Miliband said that history suggested many Taliban members could...

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WW4 File: Poland, Lithuania urge Ukraine to join tri-national military pact; Medvedev: Financial crisis will not affect arms procurements

Once Upon a Time in the West (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

In a move that will no doubt further antagonize the Kremlin, the “former” communist state of Poland and the “former” Soviet republic of Lithuania are advocating the inclusion of Ukraine, another “former” Soviet republic, in a tri-national peacekeeping brigade to operate under the command of the United Nations, the European Union, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization....

Afstan: Slovakia first in hoped-for NATO troop increase

The Torch (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Further to 3) at this post a month ago, it's now official : Slovakia to add 250 NATO troops to Afghan mission Slovakia pledged about 250 extra soldiers Tuesday to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan, the first of what British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said would be a series of international reinforcements. The central European country will double the size of its 246-strong contingent in Afghanistan,...

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Nato chief: quick exit from Afghanistan will unleash ‘global jihad’

Black Listed News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

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.

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Nato Chief Promises Afghanistan Will Get 'Substantially More Forces'

CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

by Julian Borger, Diplomatic editor 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. Speaking in Edinburgh at a Nato parliamentary assembly meeting, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said: "In a few weeks, I expect we will decide, in Nato, on the approach, and troop levels needed, to take...

'Substantially more forces' pledged for Afghanistan

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

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. Speaking in Edinburgh at a Nato parliamentary assembly meeting, 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." Barack Obama...

Nato chief: quick exit from Afghanistan will unleash 'global jihad'

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

Anders Fogh Rasmussen says withdrawing from Afghanistan too quickly would allow alQaeda to return and launch a "global jihad" against the West.

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Britain 'ready' to send more troops to Afghanistan

Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

Allied troops must stay in Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban filling any “vacuum”, Britain's Foreign Secretary said today.

Afghanistan 'not war without end'

Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

After Gordon Brown's call for a UN summit on Afghanistan next year, Foreign Secretary David Miliband tells a Nato meeting in Edinburgh that Afghanistan is "not a war without end". Rags Martel reports.

Nato members urged to send more troops to Afghanistan

The Independent (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

Nato countries were urged today to send more troops to bolster military efforts in Afghanistan.