NATO Sec. Gen. Rasmussen discusses future of NATO in Washington
National Security Advisor James Jones shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen who discussed the future of the Afghanistan mission for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at the Atlantic Council in Washington on September 28, 2009. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's administration is talking with NATO officials about staging a coordinated rollout of a new Afghanistan war strategy, sources say.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The head of NATO says he expects substantially more troops to be sent into the fray against the Afghan insurgency.
LONDON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan advised President Obama against a troop surge, questioning if Afghan leaders could be effective partners, officials said.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The international mission in Afghanistan must help create a nation that is able to deter the terrorism threat on its own, the NATO secretary-general said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A few key nations will continue to supply the bulk of the assistance to the Afghan conflict despite pledges for long-term NATO support, scholars say.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen had a meeting scheduled Tuesday with Afghanistan on the top of the agenda.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Afghanistan cannot be allowed to become a sanctuary again for terrorists, the NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned.
ANKARA, Turkey, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Turkey has pledged to send an additional 805 troops to serve with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Security in Afghanistan remains a top concern, creating the need for a sweeping reassessment of international priorities, the NATO secretary-general said.
BERLIN, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- With national elections coming up in Afghanistan Aug. 20, the Taliban have gained the upper hand in the country, American commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10.
