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Article: U.S. prods NATO over Afghan security.(USA)(United States; North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- October 23, 2007
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Byline: Gordon Lubold Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington -- The Afghan police and Army are in dire need of more training, and when US Defense Secretary Robert Gates attends a summit of NATO defense chiefs starting Wednesday in the Netherlands, he is expected to demand that member countries send additional trainers to a nation considered crucial in the war on terror.
As violence rises in parts of Afghanistan, the mission to build a strong security force there is flagging in part because NATO members that had pledged support as recently as last year have yet to fulfill all their commitments, US defense officials say.
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