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NATO troops stories: 22 news summaries

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German Officer May Have Misled US Fighters in Civilian Disaster

Gave false info to pilots in Afghan tanker strike

Sep 21, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just before 2am on Sept. 4, German Col. Georg Klein gave a two-word command—"Weapons release!"—and US fighter jets bombed a pair of tanker trucks in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 100 Afghans clustered around them, many of them civilians. Although his tour has ended, the officer is... More »

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Afghanistan • Germany • civilian casualties • fuel tankers • International Security Assistance Force • German army • NATO troops • Georg Klein

 McChrystal: 
 US 'Will Fail' 
 Without More 
 Afghan Troops 

Blunt warnings bared in secret Pentagon report

Sep 21, 09 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghanistan's top commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal made a blunt request for more troops in a confidential report to the Pentagon last month, warning that without more forces the war "will likely result in failure." The 66-page report, obtained by Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, contains repeated... More »

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Afghanistan • International Security Assistance Force • troop levels • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • counterinsurgency • Stanley McChrystal

 Kandahar Slips Back 
 Into Taliban Hands 

Generals give up on local officials and call for more troops

Sep 14, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taliban forces using massive car bombs and threatening letters have slowly retaken Kandahar, reports the Washington Post. The Taliban's resurgence in Kandahar, its spiritual home, presents a complex problem for US and UN forces, both scrambling to find enough troops to stabilize the city. In many ways, Kandahar stands for... More »

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Taliban • Kandahar • NATO troops

 Suicide Bomb Rocks 
 NATO Base at Kabul Airport 

At least two civilians dead; foreign troops may also be victims

Sep 8, 09 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A suicide bomber blew up his car outside a NATO military base at Afghanistan's main airport today, killing at least two civilians and wounding six others, Reuters reports. Eyewitnesses saw huge flames rising from the airport, which has endured Taliban rocket attacks and suicide bombs in the past. An Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Kabul • car bomb • airport security • NATO troops • Afghanistan war

 NATO Probes 'Disastrous' 
 Air Strike; 90 Dead 

Horrific injuries reported after fireball engulfs villagers

Sep 4, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO will conduct a "thorough investigation" into the air strike on two Taliban-hijacked fuel tankers in Afghanistan that killed 90 people today, many of them believed to be civilians, the alliance's secretary general said. An investigation team has already been sent to the area as reports trickle in of... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • civilian casualties • Anders Fogh Rasmussen • International Security Assistance Force • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • NATO Secretary-General

(Newser) - American military officials leading the NATO mission in Afghanistan told the Obama administration they need more troops to do their job, compounding Washington's headaches in the wake of an allegedly fraudulent presidential election. Support for the Afghan war is diving among Americans, and several US senators said this weekend that... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • Adm. Mike Mullen • troop levels • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • Richard Holbrooke

US Commander: Taliban Winning Afghan War

McChrystal makes protecting civilians
his first priority

Aug 10, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban are winning the war in Afghanistan and the US must quickly change course, warns Stanley McChrystal, the general now commanding American forces in the country. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, McChrystal says he wants more troops in big, dangerous cities like Kandahar as part of... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • International Security Assistance Force • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • Stanley McChrystal

 US Takes Charge in Afghanistan 

With troop increase, US resources in country tower over NATO's

Mar 26, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - As President Obama sends 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan—making American service members two-thirds of the foreign force there—the US is taking a firmer grip on the country’s reins, the Washington Post reports. America’s civilian presence in the country is also growing by at least half,... More »

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NATO Troops Kill Key Taliban Commander in Afghanistan

Maulawi Hassan responsible for numerous bombings, attacks in recent months

Mar 23, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A top Taliban commander was killed by NATO-led forces in Afghanistan this weekend, the New York Times reports. Maulawi Hassan had been the coordinator of many suicide bombings and other attacks since fall 2008 and reported directly to Mullah Rahmatullah, a Taliban leader who directs operation from outside Afghanistan. Hassan’... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • insurgents • Islamist • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • insurgency



 Taliban Wrecks 
 Key Afghanistan 
 Supply Bridge 

Deliveries cut off after Pakistan attack; how long remains unclear

Feb 3, 09 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Taliban militants have blown up a bridge along the NATO supply route across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, halting deliveries to troops, the New York Times reports. Repairs are under way on the Khyber Pass bridge, but it’s not yet clear how long it will be before supply efforts resume. Militants... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • army supplies • Khyber Pass • NATO troops • Afghanistan war

In Afghanistan, Taliban Control the Countryside

As Obama mulls more troops, NATO gaps give insurgents free rein

Jan 22, 09 6:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has signaled that he will send 20,000 to 30,000 new American troops to join NATO forces in Afghanistan. It certainly won't hurt, reports Dexter Filkins in the New York Times. Troops are stretched so thin that, more than 7 years after the initial invasion, the Taliban... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • Afghan border • NATO troops • Afghanistan war

In Afghanistan, Biden Meets Troops, General, Prez

VP-elect thanks soldiers for 'big, big' work

Jan 10, 09 8:35 AM CST
(AP) - Joe Biden got word today in Afghanistan that thousands of new American troops expected in the country's south will need more helicopters and other support to beat back surging Taliban violence, the AP reports. Biden and Sen. Lindsey Graham met with the head of the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, Gen.... More »

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Afghanistan • Joe Biden • Pakistan • vice president • Lindsey Graham • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • David McKiernan

Pakistani Offensive Shuts US Supply Line  to Afghanistan

Crackdown targets Khyber Pass militants

Dec 30, 08 8:45 AM CST
(AP) - Pakistan closed the main route used to ferry supplies to US and allied troops in Afghanistan today after launching a fresh offensive against militants in the area. The road through the Khyber Pass in the northwest of Pakistan has faced increasing attacks by militants seeking to squeeze Western forces fighting... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • insurgents • US military • army supplies • militant • offensive • Khyber Pass • NATO troops

Taliban Force
US to Find
New Route to Afghanistan

Pakistan corridor no longer reliable

Nov 19, 08 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the American military has received about 75% of its supplies via a NATO corridor from Pakistan. But as the Taliban continue to grow in strength and the border region becomes ever more unstable, the US is now seeking new routes—including a punishing... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pakistan • army supplies • convoys • NATO troops

Britain Will Resist US Calls
for Afghan Buildup

Army stretched too thin, top commander says

Nov 10, 08 12:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Britain should oppose any calls from President Obama to shift troops to Afghanistan as they are pulled out of Iraq, the country's defense chief says, arguing that UK troops need a breather. “I have said for a very long time that the British armed forces are stretched,” Sir... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • David Miliband • British troops • Britain • troop levels • Iraq exit strategy • NATO troops • President Obama • Jock Stirrup


 Top General: 
 'We Will Win' 
 in Afghanistan 

McKiernan aims to defuse concerns about region

Oct 13, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - As concerns mount about the situation in Afghanistan, the top US commander there asserted that America and its allies are winning against the Taliban, the New York Times reports. There have been “too many” reports suggesting the contrary, and “I absolutely reject that idea, I don’t believe... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • NATO troops • David McKiernan

(Newser) - Robert Gates is backing a plan to pump $20 billion into Afghanistan’s army and restructure the command of NATO and US forces, in an effort to revamp the struggling war effort there. With American troops tied up in Iraq, Gates intends to almost double the size of the Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pentagon • Robert Gates • US military • NATO troops

 French Troops
 Head to Afghanistan

Will train local forces to fend off Taliban

Aug 7, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(AP) - Hundreds of French troops have been deployed to train local infantry battalions in southern Afghanistan to help them fend off Taliban fighters, according to NATO officials. The deployment was one of the largest ground military convoys in the area in years, and came in response to NATO commanders' repeated requests... More »

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 US Deaths in
 Afghanistan
 Hit Record 

More troops die there than in Iraq for second straight month

Jul 2, 08 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - More troops from the United States and coalition countries died in Afghanistan last month than at any other time since the 2001 invasion. For the second month in a row, deaths among American-led forces were higher in Afghanistan, where 46 servicemen died, than in Iraq, where 31 were killed. The... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • US military • US troops • death toll • Iraq war • NATO troops • Afghanistan war

Pentagon May Boost US Troops in Afghanistan

Number would be highest since war began

May 3, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon may send 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan to make up for a NATO shortfall, administration officials say.The move would bring US troop levels there to 40,000 and require relocating American forces from Iraq, the New York Times reports. While NATO countries have promised to send... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • NATO • Pentagon • France • Georgia • US military • Ukraine • George W. Bush • NATO troops • NATO summit

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