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| NATO offers 7,000 more troops for Afghan war |
| 2009-12-05 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Twenty-five NATO allies promised on Friday to send around 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan, backing President Barack Obama's new war strategy and reinforcing efforts to defeat the Taliban. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid tribute to allies and partners in Afghanistan, welcoming their "significant commitment" of extra troops to fight the insurgency. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the U.S. administration was "extremely pleased" after NATO nations pledged more troops to back a new drive against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. While significant, the extra commitment falls short of the 10,000 troops Pentagon officials had originally hoped for and goes only part of the way towards accelerating the training of Afghan forces to take over security responsibility. After a meeting with NATO foreign ministers, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he had received confirmed pledges for the extra troops, with the probability of more countries contributing to the total in the next few months. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 ION PAKISTAN TRIBUNE > GATES: US MAY RAISE AFGHAN TROOPS LEVEL TO 33,000; + OBAMA VOWS: ALL US TROOPS WILL LEAVE IRAQ BY 2011. |
| Posted by: Josephmendiola 2009-12-05 00:44 |
| #1 ION BHARAT RAKSHAK > TOP ADVISOR [Gen. James Jones]: US NOT LEAVING AFGHANISTAN IN 2011. and HILLARY: US IS CUTTING AND RUNNING/GETTING OUT FROM AFGHANISTAN. |
| Posted by: JOsephmendiola 2009-12-05 00:25 |