NATO

  • Feb 24, 2010
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US/NATO: Gates warns over flagging European commitment

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates yesterday characterised the "demilitarisation of Europe" --...

United States
  • Feb 22, 2010
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AFGHANISTAN: Drug pressures may divide Taliban

Intelligence officials are interrogating Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar,...

Afghanistan
  • Feb 19, 2010
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POLAND/RUSSIA: Warsaw suggests hosting NRF exercises

The Defence Ministry wants the first regular exercises of the NATO Response Force (NRF) to be on...

Poland
  • Feb 18, 2010
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RUSSIA/CEE: Rhetoric eases but long-term aim remains

Tiraspol's offer to Moscow to base missiles in Transnistria was initially welcomed but has since...

Russia
  • Feb 15, 2010
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AFGHANISTAN: Troops encounter resistance in Marjah

Gun battles took place in several areas of Marjah today, on the third day of a major NATO and...

Afghanistan
  • Feb 8, 2010
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AFGHANISTAN: Campaign concept is at stake in Helmand

US and UK forces are about to launch a major offensive against Taliban fighters in Marjah,...

Afghanistan
  • Feb 5, 2010
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EUROPE: NATO-EU cooperation remains difficult

Calls for better cooperation between the EU and NATO have gained new urgency as they increasingly...

  • Feb 3, 2010
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AFGHANISTAN: Karzai begins 'reintegration' diplomacy

President Hamid Karzai yesterday arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks concerned with splitting and...

Afghanistan