Thu, Dec 13, 2007 - Page 5 News List

NATO needed in Afghanistan: Gates

SHORTFALLS With violence in Afghanistan up 27 percent this year and 60 percent in Helmand Province, the US secretary of defense wants NATO to step up its presence

AFP , WASHINGTON

"We're in a post-Cold War environment. We have to be ready to operate in distant locations against insurgencies and terrorist networks," he said.

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