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Some two dozen countries will send an estimated 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year, the chief of NATO said Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told her allied counterparts that an infusion of forces is crucial to turning the tide in the long war.
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday the allies will prevail in their bid to stabilize Afghanistan but only if they answer President Barack Obama's call for more allied troops on the ground.
Some two dozen countries will send an estimated 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year, the chief of NATO said Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told her allied counterparts that an infusion of forces is crucial to turning the tide... Afghanistan - Hillary Rodham Clinton - War in Afghanistan - United States Secretary of State - NATO
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she was “encouraged” by European responses and would offer allies clarifications on the 2011 target for troop withdrawals.
President Hamid Karzai put a brave face Thursday on President Barack Obama's decision to start pulling out troops in mid-2011, telling The Associated Press in his first public response that it will push Afghans to take control of their own destiny.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Europe to urge NATO allies to provide more troops to the Afghan war effort.
While acknowledging "our people are weary of war," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told NATO allies that more allied troops in Afghanistan is crucial to turning the tide in the war.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton predicted Thursday that NATO allies would make a number of announcements promising to send extra troops to Afghanistan.
The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, scheduled to begin in July 2011, will "probably" take two or three years, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday, although he added that "there are no deadlines in terms of when our troops will all be out."
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Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Pressure mounted on Germany and France to send more troops to Afghanistan after other NATO allies stepped up deployments in response to President Barack Obama’s buildup of American forces.
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President Hamid Karzai tells The Associated Press that setting a 2011 date for U.S. withdrawal will push Afghans to take control of their own destiny.
